Re: Filesystem for block devices using flash storage?

From: Pavel Machek
Date: Mon Oct 13 2008 - 06:57:17 EST


> On Sat, 11 October 2008 16:35:52 +0200, Pavel Machek wrote:
> >
> > I don't think ext3 is safe w.r.t. whole eraseblocks disappearing. So
> > if you write data 'nearby' root directory and power fails, bye bye
> > filesystem, and journal will not help.
>
> No device I've ever seen is that stupid.

I have adata SD flash cards that loose data even normal use, no power
fails needed.
Pavel
--
(english) http://www.livejournal.com/~pavelmachek
(cesky, pictures) http://atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz/~pavel/picture/horses/blog.html
--
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/