* [gentoo-user] Re: Flash drive and file systems
@ 2009-09-05 17:37 99% ` walt
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From: walt @ 2009-09-05 17:37 UTC (permalink / raw
To: gentoo-user
On 09/05/2009 05:28 AM, James wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I'm building up a P3 as a firewall, using 4 GB Compact Flash
> to IDE as the hard drive (SANDISK). I've done this before
> and it works great.
>
> The kernel is gentoo-30-r5 and it does not support EXT2.
> I have already formatted the Flash as EXT2:
>
> Disk /dev/hda: 4110 MB, 4110188544 bytes
> 128 heads, 63 sectors/track, 995 cylinders
> Units = cylinders of 8064 * 512 = 4128768 bytes
>
> Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
> /dev/hda1 1 25 100768+ 83 Linux
> /dev/hda2 26 88 254016 82 Linux swap / Solaris
> /dev/hda3 89 995 3657024 83 Linux
>
> # mke2fs /dev/hda1
> # mke2fs /dev/hda3
>
>
> Now building the sources, there is no ext2 any more?
>
> Any suggestions (just use ext3 for flash?)
> Grab and old kernel source? (which one?)
>
>
> Under gentoo-30-r5 --> file systems
>
> <*> Ext3 journalling file system support
Something's fishy here. For me, the ext2 option is the first one in
the file systems menu, right above the ext3 option you listed. I have
the same kernel.
Anyway, the only difference is ext3 has journalling -- if you turn off
the journal file you have ext2.
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