On 3/1/06, Martin Michlmayr <tbm@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > * zhuzhenhua <zzh.hust@xxxxxxxxx> [2006-03-01 20:18]: > > i want to port the linux to our board based hardisk with > > mips arch. i do not find too much file sytem for rootfs on hardisk > > besides ext2/ext3. > > but it seems ext2/ext3 is not suitable for embedded system. > > does someone have idea or experience with these products? > > How large is your hard drive exactly and is it a real IDE hard drive > or some kind of flash? If the disk/flash is very small, ext3 may be a > bad choice since it's a journalling file system which means that a) > it'll take up quite a significant portion of space on a small drive > and b) it'll write to the same sectors all the time, which will kill > the flash in no time. > -- > Martin Michlmayr > http://www.cyrius.com/ > i mean the real IDE hard, and it will at least > 2GB,and for these ide hard,someone said the ext2 or ext3 not suitable for embedded.but i still find no other file system available. Best Regards Zhuzhenhua
