From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from florence.buici.com ([206.124.142.26] ident=qmailr) by pentafluge.infradead.org with smtp (Exim 3.22 #1 (Red Hat Linux)) id 17qa92-0006KP-00 for ; Sun, 15 Sep 2002 15:13:04 +0100 Date: Sun, 15 Sep 2002 07:13:01 -0700 From: Marc Singer To: Erich Schubert Cc: linux-mtd@lists.infradead.org Subject: Re: recommended Filesystem for DoC? Message-ID: <20020915141301.GA5550@buici.com> References: <20020914235138.GA28771@bombadil.xmldesign.de> <20020915010056.GA916@buici.com> <20020915104155.GB7894@bombadil.xmldesign.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20020915104155.GB7894@bombadil.xmldesign.de> 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: On Sun, Sep 15, 2002 at 12:41:55PM +0200, Erich Schubert wrote: > > Ext2 can get you in trouble. You might be able to minimize your > > exposure by guaranteeing that the fs is sync'd after performing a > > write. > > Why is ext3 better here? > I was planning to have my ext2 read-only unless i need to change > something; then remount,rw; change the settings; remount,ro... Certainly, that would work. There is the small chance that something will fail while the filesystem is r/w. On my (embedded) application, even that is too much of a risk. > > > > I was thinking about mounting a cramfs ro as root, a tmpfs in some other > > > dir for automatic files (such as xserver output) and the actual > > > filesytem on the device in /writefs. > > > On that i should then store the kernel and the cramfs-initrd? > > > > I don't think you can put the kernel in the initrd. After all, the > > kernel *reads* the initrd. Instead, the kernel goes into the root > > filesystem (lilo/grub style) or in an MSDOS partition (syslinux > > style). > > you misunderstood what i said. I said i put a ext2 there containing the > kernel, the cramfs and the file i need to be able to change easily. Indeed, I did misunderstand. > > > I stopped using lilo because it is a little too complex and because it > > doesn't handle serial consoles as well as syslinux. I'd have used > > grub, but it crashes on my hardware. IMHO, grub is the most > > attractive because it has the best feature set. > > i don't need serial consoles; the machine is a X11 terminal - that makes > no sense without a real screen and keyboard ;) Of course. LILO works for many folks, too. > > Gruss, > Erich Schubert > -- > erich@(mucl.de|debian.org) -- GPG Key ID: 4B3A135C > A man doesn't know what he knows until he knows what he doesn't know. > Die k?rzeste Verbindung zwischen zwei Menschen ist ein L?cheln. > F?r jedes Problem gibt es eine L?sung, die einfach, klar und falsch ist. > > ______________________________________________________ > Linux MTD discussion mailing list > http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-mtd/