Hi Alan :) * alan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> dixit: > On Mon, 11 Jun 2007, DervishD wrote: > > I was wondering: is there any reason not to use ext2 on an USB > >pendrive? Really my question is not only about USB pendrives, but any > >device whose storage is flash based. Let's assume that the device has a > >good quality flash memory with wear leveling and the like... > > Do you need to use OSes other than Linux? FAT16/32 seems to be a pretty > universal filesystem at this point. You can mount ext2 on Windows, but it > is a pain. Not certain what it takes to mount it on OS X.
I don't really need to use ext2, I just was curious. I have a couple of pendrives and I was thinking about using one of them to store a "live" copy of my home. So, I wanted ext2 for that. I can access the data from Windows if I need to, but usually I try not to touch a Windows even with a 100 mts pole ;) Portability (so to speak), is not important for me. > I have encountered flash drives that do not format well for anything > other than FAT16, but they were old and small. Hopefully that problem > no longer exists with modern hardware. I would format it then test > the hell out of it before trusting it with important data. That's the answer I was looking for ;))) I mean, will the pendrive have problems with ext2 due to some strange behaviour of the hardware? I know about cheap pendrives that you cannot format even with FAT32, only with FAT16. The pendrive I was considering to have the "live" copy of my home was a Kingston Data Traveler. Of course, I can go with a loopback: this way I'll have a "live" backup of my home, with all UNIX metadata saved but able to reside on a FAT16 filesystem. Not very comfortable, given that I won't use it outside Linux (probably). I just was curious about the issue and I was asking to know if anybody had tried this. Raúl Núñez de Arenas Coronado -- Linux Registered User 88736 | http://www.dervishd.net It's my PC and I'll cry if I want to... RAmen! - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/