Using USB memory key as boot directory for older computer?

[Luke-Jr]

On Saturday 30 June 2007 21:53, Leo Mauler wrote:
> I figure I'll reformat the pendrive to ext2 instead of
> ext3.  One of my existing machines has a /boot
> formatted to ext2, and that system doesn't seem to
> have minded a dozen sudden power failures over the
> past two years.

That'll be because the system doesn't need /boot once it's booted, so it is 
probably (and should be) unmounted in the first place.

For a pendrive, I imagine jffs2 to be best.