joyride image Jffs2 on usb ?

[C. Scott Ananian]

On Dec 29, 2007 6:36 PM, Ivan Krstić <krstic at solarsail.hcs.harvard.edu> wrote:
> On Dec 28, 2007, at 9:32 PM, Mr frÿffffffffffe9dÿffffffffffe9ric
> pouchal wrote:
> > There is a file that ends with jffs2.usb
> > Does it mean that you can use jffs2 on usb ?
>
> No, and you don't want to be using JFFS2 on a USB hard drive. It is a
> flash filesystem.
>
>  From a quick glance at the pilgrim source, however, generation of
> those .usb files for the JFFS2 image flavor strikes me as a mistake.
> Scott, can you elucidate?

As is documented at http://wiki.laptop.org/go/olpc-update the
osXYZ.usb files are used for olpc-updating to the new build from a USB
key or SD card.
 --scott
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