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Re: run debian off usb flash drive



On Tue, Mar 09, 2004 at 03:44:07PM +1100, Russell Coker wrote:

> On Tue, 9 Mar 2004 12:34, Jim Gettys <Jim.Gettys@hp.com> wrote:
> > Note that jffs2 does very nice wear leveling
> > algorithms that are clear of those patents.
> 
> JFFS2 is a nice file system.  Unfortunately it doesn't have XATTR support yet, 
> so it can't be used for the new SE Linux.
> 
> > Doing this on top of the IDE interface is possible (IIRC);
> > David Woodhouse would know for sure.  Setting up the mount
> > is a bit complicated, but doable.
> 
> Interesting.
> 
> It's a pity that they couldn't just make JFFS2 have an option to work like 
> every other file system.

There is one, namely the blkmtd driver.

-- 
 - mdz



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