From kdevelop Tue Nov 18 20:53:30 2003 From: August =?iso-8859-1?q?H=F6randl?= Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2003 20:53:30 +0000 To: kdevelop Subject: Re: Project storage on removable devices? X-MARC-Message: https://marc.info/?l=kdevelop&m=106918898712306 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@gmx.at Computers are really reliable things that do everything you want them to do and nothing else. (Linus Torvalds) - to unsubscribe from this list send an email to kdevelop-request@kdevelop.org with the following body: unsubscribe »your-email-address«