[BusyBox] Question regarding Minix FS

[Thomas Cameron]

Hello all,
	I use minixFS because of its compact size, and relative
features.  Minix supports symlinks, etc. and is (relatively) fast for
file access.  Although this is usually not a concern on embeded sysetms,
some systems that use storage not located in RAM do require some speed.
Additionally, MinixFS supports permissions on files, and things, which
some of the compressed/small filesystems don't.  The major limiting
factor for Minix is the file size/filesystem size limits, but you would
rarely use filesystems upwards of 64MB on an embeded system anyway.

Good luck!
Thomas Cameron

-----Original Message-----
From: Jeff Studer [mailto:jstuder at aquilagroup.com] 
Sent: Wednesday, February 27, 2002 3:34 PM
To: Charles Steinkuehler; busybox at busybox.net
Subject: Re: [BusyBox] Question regarding Minix FS


Thanks. I was unaware of the filesystem size restriction,  but its not
an issue
for me.   If those are the only 2 major differences -- I was concerned
about
things like symlinks, and the like -- Minix sounds like a very safe
alternative.

Thank you for the reply.

Charles Steinkuehler wrote:

> > Our embedded system is getting a little tight on space, and we are 
> > currently using ext2 fs ramdisk, and r/w flash sector.  So I need fs

> > creation tools and maintance tools, but no one at my site is 
> > familiar with the minix filesystem to know what we will be losing, 
> > or about any pitfalls, if we move from ext2 to minix -- due to the 
> > fact that minix tools are built into busybox.
> >
> > Thank you for you comments, and I'd be interested in hearing other's

> > experience transitioning from ext2 to minix.
>
> The big restrictions I'm aware of are total filesystem size (limited 
> to 64M) and file-name length (limited to 30 characters).
>
> Neither should cause too much trobule for an embedded system, 
> especially when you look at the space saved by loosing the e2fs kernel

> support, and the various e2fs utilities...
>
> Charles Steinkuehler
> http://lrp.steinkuehler.net
> http://c0wz.steinkuehler.net (lrp.c0wz.com mirror)
>
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Jeff Studer
Software Engineer
Aquila Technologies Group

jstuder at aquilagroup.com
office:  505-796-3859



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