JFFS(2) on Compact Flash

[Henrik Nordstrom]

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
>
>
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