want to mount removable disk as async not sync

tkalfaoglu · 02-08-2006, 04:25 AM

Hi there. I noticed that when I plug in my removable disk, Mandriva 2005 auto-mounts it as "sync" which causes the I/O to be about 10 times slower to the disk. If I manually remount it as "async", things fly, but of course I am careful of unmounting before unplugging.

I was wondering how I could make the "async" to be the norm when I plug in my removable?

Thanks!
-turgut

aus9 · 02-08-2006, 06:29 AM

edit your /etc/fstab with root powers to go to async heres a reference
http://www.tuxfiles.org/linuxhelp/fstab.html

tkalfaoglu · 02-08-2006, 08:23 AM

Thanks a lot!
However my /etc/fstab entry gets updated dynamically when I insert the removable disk.
When I unplug it, the entry is gone.

Therefore if I update it manually, my changes would be lost, I think..

-t

aus9 · 02-10-2006, 06:34 AM

its my understanding that your /etc/fstab is secure...but your /etc/mtab is changed on boot depending on your devices....just edit it and see what happens....have a backup and a live cd just in case

http://www.brunolinux.com/02-The_Ter..._and_Mtab.html