Chris Dukes wrote: >On Sat, Jun 22, 2002 at 11:52:07AM -0500, The Doctor What wrote: > > >>Having just bought a Sharp Zaurus with a 64meg MMC and a 256 CF, my >>mind instantly jumps to the question, can it be used to pick up >>chicks? >> >>When I was done with that avenue of thought, I wondered if it's >>worth it to figure out how to build my own kernel just to add >>reiserfs to it. >> >>I know about it's handiness with journalling, etc. and that'd be >>useful for the occasional glitches I've had. >> >>Does ReiserFS has anything that is more useful or less usefull for >>such a small memory application? >> >> > >Standard journalling techniques just fry a portion of the compact flash >faster. The tail merging might save space, but I would like to see >a study of its effects on the longevity of compact flash. > >I think, but could be mistaken, than you want JFFS or JFFS2. > > > I also have a sharp zaurus with 256M CF......
Currently the CF uses VFAT, yes? I bet it has the same wear issues, and no space savings.... The zaurus has a non-standard kernel though, and it is based off of some rather old release (2.4.4?). You would want to apply their kernel extensions to 2.4.18 or later I think before using reiserfs.... If you do so, and get it working, let me know, the only reason I haven't used reiserfs on my CF is that I don't know where to get a recent kernel with their (presumably useful to the PDA) extensions.... You know, using a kernel that old seems like a really bad idea, the early 2.4s were simply beta-tests in my mind, I'd like to upgrade for reasons not just filesystems..... Marcelo is doing a great job with keeping 2.4 stable..... -- Hans
