Project storage on removable devices?

[August Hörandl]

Am Dienstag, 18. November 2003 21:08 schrieb Steven Suson:
> Many people aren't aware that under Linux, an USB mass storage device
> can be treated as a true HD, in the sense that it can be reformated
> using the standard utility mkfs in order to create ext2, ext3, etc.
> filesystems. So, make your flash HD one of these, and you're in
> business! ;-)

And out of business really quick ;-) all normal filesystems use
one or more "central" blocks with data which is changed with each
change (FAT, bitmap, etc) or even access (think access time). As Flash
blocks "wear out" this can make this block and the whole disk unusable.
thats why there are things like jffs - which know how to handle
flash and use all blocks evenly

Gustl

-- 
August Hörandl                                 august.hoerandl at gmx.at
Computers are really reliable things that do everything you want them
to do and nothing else. (Linus Torvalds)


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