[OLPC-devel] Flash devices and conventional file systems.

[Jim Gettys]

I see lots of use of flash keys going on....  The following is a public
service announcement:

Everyone using flash devices should remember to mount the file systems
-noatime.  This tells the system not to update the file accessed time,
which gets updated frequently and will help wear out your flash for
little gain.

Access time information is mostly interesting/useful to automated file
backup programs: in practice, living without is not a big deal.
                               - Jim

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Jim Gettys
One Laptop Per Child