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Subject: Re: Hints for small file system
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"mail.schatti.ch" <listman-dated-1117183313.1271a6@schatti.ch> writes:

> If you had to choose amongst the available filesystems on 5.4 to
> contain just about 500kB to a MB, which would you use, and with what
> parameters ? Which of these has the lowest administration overhead,
> the lowest space overhead ?

Generally I go with FAT for small media.  If it's going to be a really
active filesystem, then UFS will give better speed.