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Re: Partitions on loopback

On Sun, Apr 03, 2005 at 07:52:40PM +0300, Jari Ruusu wrote:

> ext2 is not suitable for flash memory, because usually ext2 insist on
> updating atime for reads. This causes unnecessary writes, and flash memories
> usually have limited write cycles.

The filesystem could be mounted with the noatime option. If you forget,
though, it would cause a fair amount of wear, like you say.

-- 
Paul

I spent a lot of money on booze, birds and fast cars. The rest I just
squandered. -- George Best

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