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    SubjectRe: ext2 on flash memory
    On Mon, 11 Jun 2007, DervishD wrote:

    > Hi all :)
    >
    > I was wondering: is there any reason not to use ext2 on an USB
    > pendrive? Really my question is not only about USB pendrives, but any
    > device whose storage is flash based. Let's assume that the device has a
    > good quality flash memory with wear leveling and the like...
    >
    > Thanks a lot in advance :)

    It depends...

    Do you need to use OSes other than Linux? FAT16/32 seems to be a pretty
    universal filesystem at this point. You can mount ext2 on Windows, but it
    is a pain. Not certain what it takes to mount it on OS X.

    I have encountered flash drives that do not format well for anything other
    than FAT16, but they were old and small. Hopefully that problem no longer
    exists with modern hardware. I would format it then test the hell out of
    it before trusting it with important data.

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