Re: [debian-knoppix] File access time sorting speedup
On Fri, Dec 19, 2003 at 07:17:22PM -0800, R. Dale Thomas wrote:
> I read the archive of this list in which Klaus Knopper answered the
> question about bootup speed. In that response, Klaus states that he uses
> "the file access times as sorting criteria". He then goes on to give a
> sample
> script of what he means. In the example script, he uses the /KNOPPIX.build
> directory that appears to be the root of the system and checks for access
> times
/KNOPPIX.build is an additionally mounted directory that is used for
writing the ISO image and contains some other supportive files that are
NOT to be written to the image (mkisofs -m /KNOPPIX.build). The / is
also the root file system for the cloop-compressed iso image.
Just my individual setup.
> of the files. I assume that this is a separate partition that has just been
> booted so the access times have been set by that boot process. Can anyone
> clearify the procedure that was used leading up to this process?
> This is my take on the process:
> A partition is used for a copy of the 'ready to burn' cd image with an
> additional
> directory of KNOPPIX.build.
First the timestamp file is created. Than the partition containing the
KNOPPIX / file system is booted, so the access times are set on the ext2
filesystem. Then, a find-script creates the list of files changed since
the modification date of the timestamp file.
A cleaner way would be running a kernel with the open()-trace patch.
Regards
-Klaus Knopper
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