[Debian-eeepc-devel] Flash filesystem for SSD in the installer?

Robert Epprecht epprecht at solnet.ch
Tue Jan 27 08:07:20 UTC 2009


Németh Márton <nm127 at freemail.hu> writes:

> I am using the EeePC custom Debian installer for EeePC 901 from
> http://wiki.debian.org/DebianEeePC/Source/CustomInstaller .
>
> The installer offers the following filesystems:
>
>     * Ext3
>     * Ext2
>     * ReiserFS
>     * JFS
>     * FAT16
>     * FAT32
>     * swap
>     * RAID
>
> I heard that it is recommended to use a filesystem on SSD which is designed
> for FLASH drives,

In theory, yes.

> What filesystem do you recommend on SSD drive?

Many (most?) people think that ext3 is ok to use on the ssd of the eeepc.
For a 'normal' usage of a machine like the eee i do not think that there
are any real disadvantages of using ext3.

If you are worried about flash memory live please see
http://wiki.debian.org/DebianEeePC/TipsAndTricks

Robert Epprecht




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