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On Mon, 2006-08-28 at 19:01 +0100, Neil Bothwick wrote: |
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> > What is the result (disk space) in comparison to vfat, ext2 etc.? |
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> As Dirk pointed out, LVM is not a filesystem. If you want maximum |
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> portability, FAT is the best choice. If you want to cram as much as |
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> possible on the device, either use ReiserFS or get a larger device. |
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I just did a quick experiment with on 1Mb memory stick as to disk space |
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with different filesystems, so with: |
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- vfat about 978Mb |
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- ext2 about 913Mb |
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- ReiserFS about 946Mb |
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As Richard pointed out with Linux FS certain percentage is reserved. |
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#Joseph |
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