* how to select a rootfs for embedded linux based hardisk?
@ 2006-03-01 12:18 zhuzhenhua
2006-03-01 12:43 ` Martin Michlmayr
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From: zhuzhenhua @ 2006-03-01 12:18 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: linux-mips
dear all
i want to port the linux to our board based hardisk with
mips arch. i do not find too much file sytem for rootfs on hardisk
besides ext2/ext3.
but it seems ext2/ext3 is not suitable for embedded system.
does someone have idea or experience with these products?
thanks for any hints.
Best regards
zhuzhenhua
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2006-03-01 12:18 how to select a rootfs for embedded linux based hardisk? zhuzhenhua
@ 2006-03-01 12:43 ` Martin Michlmayr
2006-03-02 0:55 ` zhuzhenhua
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From: Martin Michlmayr @ 2006-03-01 12:43 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: zhuzhenhua; +Cc: linux-mips
* zhuzhenhua <zzh.hust@gmail.com> [2006-03-01 20:18]:
> i want to port the linux to our board based hardisk with
> mips arch. i do not find too much file sytem for rootfs on hardisk
> besides ext2/ext3.
> but it seems ext2/ext3 is not suitable for embedded system.
> does someone have idea or experience with these products?
How large is your hard drive exactly and is it a real IDE hard drive
or some kind of flash? If the disk/flash is very small, ext3 may be a
bad choice since it's a journalling file system which means that a)
it'll take up quite a significant portion of space on a small drive
and b) it'll write to the same sectors all the time, which will kill
the flash in no time.
--
Martin Michlmayr
http://www.cyrius.com/
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* Re: how to select a rootfs for embedded linux based hardisk?
2006-03-01 12:43 ` Martin Michlmayr
@ 2006-03-02 0:55 ` zhuzhenhua
2006-03-02 0:59 ` Martin Michlmayr
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From: zhuzhenhua @ 2006-03-02 0:55 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Martin Michlmayr; +Cc: linux-mips
On 3/1/06, Martin Michlmayr <tbm@cyrius.com> wrote:
> * zhuzhenhua <zzh.hust@gmail.com> [2006-03-01 20:18]:
> > i want to port the linux to our board based hardisk with
> > mips arch. i do not find too much file sytem for rootfs on hardisk
> > besides ext2/ext3.
> > but it seems ext2/ext3 is not suitable for embedded system.
> > does someone have idea or experience with these products?
>
> How large is your hard drive exactly and is it a real IDE hard drive
> or some kind of flash? If the disk/flash is very small, ext3 may be a
> bad choice since it's a journalling file system which means that a)
> it'll take up quite a significant portion of space on a small drive
> and b) it'll write to the same sectors all the time, which will kill
> the flash in no time.
> --
> Martin Michlmayr
> http://www.cyrius.com/
>
i mean the real IDE hard, and it will at least > 2GB,and for these ide
hard,someone said the ext2 or ext3 not suitable for embedded.but i
still find no other file system available.
Best Regards
Zhuzhenhua
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