Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 10 Mar 2009 12:23:55 +0100 | From | Pavel Machek <> | Subject | Re: jffs2 and kernel config for SDHC Memory Cards |
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On Sat 2009-03-07 18:59:28, Thanasis wrote: > on 03/07/2009 12:57 AM Sitsofe Wheeler wrote the following: > > On Fri, Mar 06, 2009 at 10:24:25PM +0200, Thanasis wrote: > >> on 03/06/2009 08:24 PM Sitsofe Wheeler wrote the following: > >>> On Fri, Mar 06, 2009 at 03:56:01PM +0200, Thanasis wrote: > >>>> on 03/06/2009 03:39 PM Thanasis wrote the following: > >>>>> I want to use two of these Transcend?s Class 6 SDHC (SD High-Capacity) > >>>>> Memory Cards, > >>>>> http://www.transcendusa.com/Products/ModDetail.asp?ModNo=147&LangNo=0&Func1No=1&Func2No=13 > >>>>> as part of the filesystem in a netbook (Acer A110L), will mount /home on > >>>>> one, and /tmp and /var on the other. > >>> > >>>> Let me rephrase my questions in order to be clearer: > >>>> Q1: In order to achieve wear leveling should I format them as jffs2? > >>> This probably won't be very effective as you are already past the > > > >> OK. I believe I should stick to ext2, right? > > > > If you mean compared to jffs2 then probably yes, better to stick with > > ext2. > Right, that is what I meant. > > If you mean is ext2 the best choice over anything else... well > > that's an open question (or so I'm told). You would need to ask a > > filesystem expert really but it apparently depends on the workload, the > > characteristics of the "disks" and whether you need journaling. > It is going to be a desktop (netbook) system, so, if it had a HDD, I > would opt for ext4 or xfs, but given the hardware (SDHC), I guess ext2 > is the best choice.
Well, maybe ext2 is _best_ choice, but it is not good one. It will loose data on sudden powerdowns...
See
(english) http://www.livejournal.com/~pavelmachek
entry 'evil little cards'.
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