On Sunday 08 November 2009 12:25:19 Philip Webb wrote: > 091108 Alan McKinnon wrote: > > On Sat, 2009-11-07 at 12:05 -0500, Philip Webb wrote: > >> is Ext2 the best fs for this machine ? Might Ext3 or Ext4 be better ? > >> -- I use Reiserfs on my desktop machines. > > > > the journal will wear out an SSD in short order, > > so ext2 is indeed the better file system > > All conventional filesystems are built to suit rotating disk media. > > SSDs are very different, esp the cheap nasty controllers in netbooks. > > Sensible advice, no doubt, for those using SSDs in their netbooks, > but as I said in my OP, my ASUS 1005HA has a 160 GB hard disk (HDD), > whence the letter 'H' in its name.
Yes, I saw that in another post you made. I find it harder and harder to keep track of what is shipped with what product these days... :-) -- alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com
