From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from marasystems.com ([213.15.252.90] helo=filer.marasystems.com) by pentafluge.infradead.org with esmtp (Exim 3.22 #1 (Red Hat Linux)) id 17vyOZ-00075v-00 for ; Mon, 30 Sep 2002 12:07:23 +0100 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" From: Henrik Nordstrom To: Schlager Kristian-KSCHLAG1 , linux-mtd@lists.infradead.org Subject: Re: JFFS(2) on Compact Flash Date: Mon, 30 Sep 2002 13:07:13 +0200 References: <8D4D5329976AD311B47800508B5D521D0329D643@c3po.vienna.ecid.cig.mot.com> In-Reply-To: <8D4D5329976AD311B47800508B5D521D0329D643@c3po.vienna.ecid.cig.mot.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Message-Id: <200209301307.13462.hno@marasystems.com> 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: My recommendation: Have temporary files on a ramdisk and mount the CF with the "sync" option, and if possible keep it "ro" at most times.. Regards Henrik Schlager Kristian-KSCHLAG1 wrote: > I am running Linux on a Jumptec Dimm PC with built-in Compact Flash. > As powerfailures cannot be avoided, the ext2 fs gets screwed up after some > time. Can I use JFFS on the Compact Flash? > I have read Simon Evans' posting on his mtd/block driver (June 2001) and > the follow ups. One poster was stating that it makes no sense to run JFFS > on CF. > > Does ext3 (or do other journaling fs) indead perform as well as JFFS(2) > regarding stability after power failures? > > Or is the only save way to put all temporay files on ramdisk and have the > CF mount read-only? > > > Kristian Schlager > > > ______________________________________________________ > Linux MTD discussion mailing list > http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-mtd/