Subject: Re: questions about file systems for flash memory?
To: Jeremy C. Reed <reed@reedmedia.net>
From: David Rhodus <drhodus@machdep.com>
List: netbsd-help
Date: 03/15/2006 08:50:40
On 3/14/06, Jeremy C. Reed <reed@reedmedia.net> wrote:
> What are the issues with using NetBSD's FFS with flash memory?
>
> Are there any recommended flash memory hardware that works best with FFS?
>
> What are some workarounds? I assume noatime or nodevmtime (which I have
> never used) or only mounting read-write when really needed to write.
>
> What are the alternative file systems for use with flash memory?
>
>  Jeremy C. Reed
>

Because of the wear issue the best filesystem to use with flash memory
is a hashed data block filesystem.

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