From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jun 24 15:00:28 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A7848106567E for ; Tue, 24 Jun 2008 15:00:28 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rodrigo@bebik.net) Received: from postfix2-g20.free.fr (postfix2-g20.free.fr [212.27.60.43]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 255A98FC1D for ; Tue, 24 Jun 2008 15:00:27 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rodrigo@bebik.net) Received: from smtp4-g19.free.fr (smtp4-g19.free.fr [212.27.42.30]) by postfix2-g20.free.fr (Postfix) with ESMTP id BFA292796E15 for ; Tue, 24 Jun 2008 14:27:51 +0200 (CEST) Received: from smtp4-g19.free.fr (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by smtp4-g19.free.fr (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5D33A3EA0D8 for ; Tue, 24 Jun 2008 16:28:12 +0200 (CEST) Received: from hodja.bebik.net (gam75-4-82-235-223-127.fbx.proxad.net [82.235.223.127]) by smtp4-g19.free.fr (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3E1A03EA0EE for ; Tue, 24 Jun 2008 16:28:12 +0200 (CEST) Received: by hodja.bebik.net (Postfix, from userid 1001) id D75B12847F; Tue, 24 Jun 2008 16:28:11 +0200 (CEST) Date: Tue, 24 Jun 2008 16:28:11 +0200 From: "Rodrigo OSORIO (ros)" To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20080624142811.GA89376@hodja.bebik.net> References: <20080624131150.GA21185@rebelion.Sisis.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: <20080624131150.GA21185@rebelion.Sisis.de> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.2i Subject: Re: eeePC 900 with SSD && reducing writes X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 24 Jun 2008 15:00:28 -0000 On 24/06/08 15:11 +0200, Matthias Apitz wrote: > > Hello, > > I have installed FreeBSD 7.0R on that eeePC 900 and because of the > limited life time of the SSD (see > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wear_levelling ) > I disabled some logging stuff which I don't need on that tiny laptop, > for example: > > syslogd_enable="NO" > sendmail_enable="NONE" > cron_enable="NO" > newsyslog_enable="NO" > > as well I have: > > - not created any swap partition (the box runs fine with 1 GByte RAM) > - mount the file systems with 'noatime' > - put /tmp into memory file system with 128 MByte > > any other ideas how to reduces unnecessary often-writes? > > I'd also like to get rid of 'lastlog' and 'wtmp' but even if the man > page claims that they will not be created if they don't exist, they > come up again and again; > > another candidate of not needed log is > /var/log/Xorg.n.log ... > > thx > > matthias > -- > Matthias Apitz > Manager Technical Support - OCLC GmbH > Gruenwalder Weg 28g - 82041 Oberhaching - Germany > t +49-89-61308 351 - f +49-89-61308 399 - m +49-170-4527211 > e - w http://www.oclc.org/ http://www.UnixArea.de/ > b http://gurucubano.blogspot.com/ > «...una sola vez, que es cuanto basta si se trata de verdades definitivas.» > «...only once, which is enough if it has todo with definite truth.» > José Saramago, Historia del Cerca de Lisboa > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-hackers-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" Hi, Yes, you also can disable the file access time with the 'noatime' option in the fstab. See man mount(8). Regards Rodrigo OSORIO