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by ComputerGuru 1346 days ago
> Apart from one kernel regression bug related to NILFS2 it’s worked flawlessly

Maybe on x86? I’ve tried repeatedly to use it on ARM for RaspberryPi where it would have been perfect, but always ran into various kernel panics as soon as the file system is mounted or accessed.
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heavyset_go 1346 days ago
I've used NILFS2 on flash storage on some old non-RPi ARMv7 hardware for a while without a problem. Switched to F2FS for performance reasons, though.
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ComputerGuru 1345 days ago
This was on the root partition, which is subjected to a lot more concurrency issues than an sd card normally would fwiw.
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newcup 1346 days ago
True, I only have used it on x86 devices. Thanks for the heads up!

I’ve heard so many stories of SD card failures (against which snapshotting might be of no help) with RaspberryPi that I’ve decided to send any valuable data promptly to safety over a network. (Though, I personally haven’t had any problems with failing SD’s.)

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