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On 11/18/06, Ryan Tandy <tarpman@×××××××××××××××××.com> wrote: |
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> I seem to remember reading somewhere that one shouldn't use a |
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> journalling file system on flash-based devices such as USB drives (i.e. |
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> you should use ext2 rather than ext3), but I can't find the reference |
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> right now. Can anyone clarify this for me? |
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That is my understanding as well, because flash devices are only good |
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for so many writes before they fail, and journalling filesystems write |
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consistently to the same area for every metadata update. So I would |
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go with ext2, and make sure to mount it with the noatime option. |
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-Richard |
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