Re: Wiki page - which file system in sd card?

2009-02-03 Thread arne anka
done on the FR. Therefore, I'll edit the page with opinions are divided regarding reliability and no objective comparisons yet for other criteria. It'd be much easier to just punt on the whole issue and say same rules apply as for any other Linux system. party pooper.

Re: Wiki page - which file system in sd card?

2009-02-02 Thread Fernando Martins
Martin Bernreuther wrote: again (cmp. http://lists.openmoko.org/pipermail/community/2009-January/040623.html)... IMHO, it should be owner/group concept and permissions (there are even extensions for ACLs) and linking is a part of a build process (typically after compiling), so maybe

Re: Wiki page - which file system in sd card?

2009-02-02 Thread Fernando Martins
W.Kenworthy wrote: I have to disagree here - because my own opinion is that ext2/3 are not the best for every purpose, and are demonstrably a poor choice for OSM maps on an SD card for instance. Last I heard reiserfs3 is still being maintained, and it has some real advantages for OSM maps

Re: Wiki page - which file system in sd card?

2009-02-02 Thread William Kenworthy
On Mon, 2009-02-02 at 09:42 +0100, Fernando Martins wrote: W.Kenworthy wrote: I have to disagree here - because my own opinion is that ext2/3 are not the best for every purpose, and are demonstrably a poor choice for OSM maps on an SD card for instance. Last I heard reiserfs3 is still

Re: Wiki page - which file system in sd card?

2009-02-02 Thread Fernando Martins
arne anka wrote: There is a certain amount of YMMV with file system choices depending on your usage scenarios, but personally I would really like to use reiserfs and dump ext2/3 and all the problems they cause on the FR (lost data/corrupted filesystems, slow performance, ...) that I have.

Re: Wiki page - which file system in sd card?

2009-02-02 Thread Stefan Monnier
done on the FR. Therefore, I'll edit the page with opinions are divided regarding reliability and no objective comparisons yet for other criteria. It'd be much easier to just punt on the whole issue and say same rules apply as for any other Linux system. Stefan

Re: Wiki page - which file system in sd card?

2009-02-02 Thread arne anka
There is a certain amount of YMMV with file system choices depending on your usage scenarios, but personally I would really like to use reiserfs and dump ext2/3 and all the problems they cause on the FR (lost data/corrupted filesystems, slow performance, ...) that I have. i, on the other

Re: Wiki page - which file system in sd card?

2009-02-02 Thread Helge Hafting
W.Kenworthy wrote: I have to disagree here - because my own opinion is that ext2/3 are not the best for every purpose, and are demonstrably a poor choice for OSM maps on an SD card for instance. Last I heard reiserfs3 is still being maintained, and it has some real advantages for OSM maps

Wiki page - which file system in sd card?

2009-02-01 Thread Fernando Martins
Hi, Based on list feedback, I have rewritten my former proposal for a wiki page dealing with the choice of file system for sd cards. If you feel so inclined, please review the text below before I put it on the wiki. I was thinking to link it from the FAQ page, under Storage, modulus a better

Re: Wiki page - which file system in sd card?

2009-02-01 Thread arne anka
systems. Since not many people are recommending reiserfs nowadays due to lack of maintenance, regardless of being considered better than ext2/3, ext3 remains as the choice. it's not only lack of maintenance and reiserfs is not considered to be better (by whom?)! the best you could say is,

Re: Wiki page - which file system in sd card?

2009-02-01 Thread Fernando Martins
arne anka wrote: systems. Since not many people are recommending reiserfs nowadays due to lack of maintenance, regardless of being considered better than ext2/3, ext3 remains as the choice. it's not only lack of maintenance and reiserfs is not considered to be better (by whom?)!

Re: Wiki page - which file system in sd card?

2009-02-01 Thread Martin Bernreuther
Hi, Am Sonntag, 1. Februar 2009 schrieb Fernando Martins: It is also important to note that ext is faster than FAT (benchmark, anyone?) but, most importantly, it supports permissions, which FAT doesn't. Of course, since FR is in general a single user device, the permissions might be not so

Re: Wiki page - which file system in sd card?

2009-02-01 Thread W.Kenworthy
On Sun, 2009-02-01 at 15:03 +0100, arne anka wrote: systems. Since not many people are recommending reiserfs nowadays due to lack of maintenance, regardless of being considered better than ext2/3, ext3 remains as the choice. it's not only lack of maintenance and reiserfs is not considered