Re: Ext3 for flash drive

[Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>]

>> Why ext2 rather than ext3?
> I think you trimmed that line a bit prematurely in that it went on to
> say "flash drive".  ext2 is arguably better than ext3 for flash drives
> because of the reduced number of writes to disk.

The extra writes of ext3 have 2 consequences:
1 - slow things down
2 - wear out the media

Only point 2 is specific to flash, and it only matters if it will cause
the media to die sooner.  With current flash media, obsolescence will
come much sooner than death, so ext3 is just as suited for flash as it
is for magnetic media.
 

        Stefan