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|    Ryan Fantus to August Abolins    |
|    Re: XP + SSD    |
|    24 Jan 23 17:22:33    |
      TID: Mystic BBS 1.12 A48       MSGID: 1:218/820 7caf6769       REPLY: 2:221/1.58@fidonet 04b8247f       TZUTC: -0800        AA> But I am not too sure I want to do this one:        AA>         AA>         AA> Disable update of filesystem's "last access timestamps"              Without reading through it (am posting from mobile) what I would tell you is       that my experience tuning HD performance in linux is consistent with disabling       these updates, and only updating on writes.              In other words, if this setting pertains to reading files, it probably isn't       super valuable to update your filesystem on those events and disabling it will       extend the life of your hd.              --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A48 (Linux/64)        * Origin: m O N T E R E Y b B S . c O M (1:218/820)       SEEN-BY: 1/123 10/0 1 15/0 90/1 102/401 103/1 705 105/81 106/201 120/340       SEEN-BY: 123/131 129/305 153/7715 214/22 218/0 1 109 215 650 700 720       SEEN-BY: 218/810 820 840 850 860 870 880 900 226/30 227/114 229/110       SEEN-BY: 229/111 112 113 114 206 307 317 400 424 426 428 452 470 550       SEEN-BY: 229/664 700 266/512 282/1038 292/854 301/1 317/3 320/219       SEEN-BY: 322/757 342/200 396/45 460/58 633/280 712/848       PATH: 218/820 700 229/426           |
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