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Alan Hicks <alan@lizella.network> wrote:
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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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