Re: [gentoo-user] External hard drive and idle activity

[Dale]

Dale wrote:
> <<< SNIP >>>
> Should I change the mounting options for this drive?  I've read some
> people use certain options for SSD and they are needed.  This is the
> options being used according to mount:
>
> /dev/sdj1 on /run/media/dale/8tb-backup type ext4
> (rw,nosuid,nodev,relatime,uhelper=udisks2)
>
> That I guess is the default way KDE/udisks/etc does it. 
>
> One other question, what should I look for to avoid these types of
> drives?  I'll go back and look but I don't recall it saying anything
> about this.  I'm also trying to figure out if this is a good thing or not. 
>
> Thanks much for the info.  I'll read this one again shortly. Lot of info
> to absorb. 
>
> Dale
>
> :-)  :-) 
>


Finally got around to rebooting.  It was a experience for sure.  X
wouldn't come up, the plasma thingy doing its thing.  Jeepers.  No
wonder I hate rebooting.  ROFL  I enabled the options mentioned in the
kernel and finally rebooted using it. This is the option and the current
mount info:


root@fireball / # zcat /proc/config.gz | grep DM_ZONED
CONFIG_DM_ZONED=y
root@fireball / #

/dev/sdj1 on /run/media/dale/8tb-backup type ext4
(rw,nosuid,nodev,relatime,uhelper=udisks2)


It looks the same to me.  While it seems safe as is, should I be
changing something to make it use either additional or other options? 

While it is a backup, I'd like to make sure they are worth something if
the need should arise. 

Also, when looking for a drive to buy, what should one look at to see if
it is a SMR drive?  While it may be OK for my backups, I'd like to avoid
them on the drives inside my rig that are used for the OS or /home.  I
dunno, just a gut thing. 

Thanks.

Dale

:-)  :-)