There is no need for journaling if there is no swapping happening in the 
first place. All data such as images from the ccd are committed once 
available so there are no dirty pages. That way you can use non journaling 
fs like fat32 and ext2.

rowel

> I think the new Flash memory have journaling in the hardware.
>
> This is why all digital cameras out there can use FAT16 or FAT32 file
> system with impunity (and not destroy the first few blocks on their
> flash memory).
>
> Re: instant-boot: the hibernate on most laptops is already pretty good
> for me. Not quite as instant as a Palm, but good enough for me.
>
>
> On 9/13/07, Miguel Paraz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> I finally found some Linux-specific EEE info:
>> http://unicap-imaging.org/unicap_eeepc.htm
>>
>> Intel chipset with 915GM.. same as the laptop I'm typing this on.
>>
>> ext2fs. Isn't that bad for a flash hard drive?
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