On Wed, 2011-10-19 at 10:43 +0100, Alan Cox wrote:
On Wed, 19 Oct 2011 10:55:28 +0200
Clemens Eisserer <linuxhippy(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Is it save to mount "/" with the noatime flag, or are there still
> packages which depend on an accurate access time?
Current kernels support a much better algorithm anyway. Look up 'relatime'
relatime isn't much of a help though if you're looking to reduce writes
on a solid-state disk. I'm not sure if that was the original intent of
the question, but I think it's certainly worth answering.
I've been using noatime for a while with no obvious ill effects, but
your mileage may vary.