Novell LINUX ENTERPRISE SERVER 10 SP2 - STORAGE ADMINISTRATION GUIDE 05-15-2009 Administration Manual page 40

Fstab Option
Data journaling mode
Access Control LIsts
(ACL)
Extended user
attributes
Arbitrary option value
You can modify these values for each entry by editing the
procedure to modify the mount options for a volume in the
1 Open YaST, then click System > Partitioning.
2 Select the device you want to modify, then click Fstab Options.
3 Modify the settings as desired, then click OK to accept your changes.
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Description
For journaling file systems, select the preferred journaling mode:
Ordered: Writes data to the file system, then enters the metadata in the
journal. This is the default.
Journal: Writes data twice; once to the journal, then to the file system.
Writeback: Writes data to the file system and writes metadata in the
journal, but the writes are performed in any order.
Select this option to enable access control lists on the file system. It is enabled
by default.
Select this option to enable extended user attributes on the file system. It is
enabled by default.
Specify any mount option that is legal for the Mount Options column for a
device entry in the /etc/fstab
multiple options.
file. Use a comma with no spaces to separate
file, or use the following
/etc/fstab
file from YaST.
/etc/fstab