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[Thilo Six]

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email.listen at googlemail.com wrote the following on 05.06.2006 10:39:

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> Hhhm could be done a bit more elegant (imho)?
> Preloading kernel modules is a waste of recources, so unused kernel modules 
> use memory. 
> Ok, it's not much memory they use but may be it's a more elegant way to have 
> an /etc/filesystems file 
> I would prefer an /etc/filesystems file 
> 
> Not to forget it's easier to copy /etc/filesystems to other machines than to 
> adapt each /etc/modules file. This because /etc/modules differ from machine 
> to machine due to different hardware but /etc/filesystems doesn't.

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> regards,
> thomas

OK now i have looked a bit more deeply at it at seems /etc/filesystems
is commonly used in the *nix world and therefore i agree it is more
portable.

One question remains:
> (don't forget the * at the end)

Why is the * at the end important?

Because:
http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/pseries/v5r3/index.jsp?topic=/com.ibm.aix.doc/files/aixfiles/filesystems.htm
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Note:
The asterisk (*) is the comment character used in the /etc/filesystems file.
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Here is an example i found on the net:
http://cvs.pld.org.pl/setup/etc/filesystems?rev=1.2


TIA Thilo

PS. i like to learn such things. ;)
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