Alternative File System?


pmprog

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Quick question, is it possible to convert the file system on the Pandora to a case-preserving, case-insensitive file system like HFS+?


I don't actually have my Pandora at the minute anyway, but it's been something that's bugged me for a while
 
I can't find any information about running Linux on top of HFS+ at all, just that there are drivers for it. I suspect it isn't possible.


As far as the more technically aspects of the Pandora, the boot loader we have doesn't support it, so at the very least the kernel would have to be stored on a different partition that it does understand, even if the root is on an HFS+ partition. There's also an issue that the current system, UBIFS, is designed to limit wear on raw flash memory like we have in the Pandora; HFS+ is not.


So ultimately it probably could be done, it would just take some work and I wouldn't recommend it.
 
If you run from a SD card, you can format a /home partition with whatever you like, and edit /etc/fstab to match your config.
 
I generally run from NAND, but thanks for the info
 
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