Talk:Debian Jessie on XO

last?

In the History page,

2015-11-26T07:01:56 Quozl (Talk | contribs) (6,793 bytes) (using last instead of ext, ...

last is a synonym for ZFS? Another file system? A typo? Thanks, ... Peasthope 05:31, 23 December 2016 (UTC)

Nothing to do with filesystem type; firmware detects that automatically. No, not a typo. Did you look at the difference between revisions to understand the edit? ext and last are device name alias in the firmware, see bootparam.fth for how last is defined. --Quozl 18:33, 23 December 2016 (UTC)

Thanks. I was tired and thinking file systems rather than Forth.

Ext4 on an SD Card

Instructions include "An SD card ... formatted to ext4 ...". According to most discussions, best current practice with flash storage is ext4 without journaling. Options for file system creation and mounting here.
http://fenidik.blogspot.ca/2010/03/ext4-disable-journal.html
Any additional tips? Thanks ....Peasthope 18:04, 16 January 2017 (UTC)