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In alt.os.linux.slackware, HJohnson dared to utter,
> I reformatted my SanDisk Cruzer to a VFAT format. Allows me to have a
> greater smaller file count.
>
> Now, if I didn't have to plug it into a 'Doze box, I may try, someday,
> an ext2 or ext3 format on the thing.

Personally I wouldn't bother that much with ext2, and certainly
wouldn't touch ext3 (or any other journaling filesystem for that
matter). FLash drives degrade over time according to how often you
write to them. Typically vfat is perfect. It's ubiquitous and
performance typically isn't an issue on a usb pen drive. There's still
a lot of usb 1.1 devices out there, and even with usb 2.0 speed on such
a drive isn't great.

And like I said, don't touch journaling filsystems. Since they journal
data (or at least metadata) they write to the disk a lot, and will kill
a flash drive in short order.

- --
It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise,
Than for a man to hear the song of fools.
Ecclesiastes 7:5
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