From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from [209.92.187.33] (helo=core.arrancar.com) by pentafluge.infradead.org with esmtp (Exim 3.22 #1 (Red Hat Linux)) id 18Xb6C-00041R-00 for ; Sun, 12 Jan 2003 05:55:56 +0000 Received: from core.arrancar.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by core.arrancar.com (8.12.2/8.12.2) with ESMTP id h0C5hH36013598 for ; Sun, 12 Jan 2003 02:43:18 -0300 Received: from OL4-84.fibertel.com.ar (OL4-84.fibertel.com.ar [24.232.84.4]) (authenticated bits=0) by core.arrancar.com (8.12.2/8.12.2) with ESMTP id h0C5hEnW013592 for ; Sun, 12 Jan 2003 02:43:17 -0300 Subject: JFFS2 on block devices From: Federico Ferreres To: linux-mtd@lists.infradead.org Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: 12 Jan 2003 03:21:34 -0300 Message-Id: <1042352498.1998.19.camel@tp> Mime-Version: 1.0 Sender: linux-mtd-admin@lists.infradead.org Errors-To: linux-mtd-admin@lists.infradead.org List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Linux MTD discussion mailing list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Hi! I am using jffs2 just for the compression feature on my laptop (can't upgrade the HD right now). It seems to work fine for my needs (I created an jffs2 in a normal partition, the used the loopback device on it, then blkmtd on it, then mounted the mtdblock0 device). I have two doubts though and couldn't find the answer anywhere ... * What is the maximun size jffs2 supports? I am using a 300MB image. Is there a recommended minimun? * Is it too bad to "resize my image" by appending 0xFF's to it's end? Anyway, thanks a lot. It's brainkiller to use jffs2 this way and not intended for this, but I haven't found any other rw compressed HD filesystem that allows me to use recent kernels. And seems to work great for what i need (I was able to free 700MB of my tiny 2GB HD this way) Regards, Federico