Post #1699808

2026-04-26 20:29 UTC

It’s 128 MB, brtfs needs at least 256 MB. Also yes, I’m aware that I’d need to install something to use zfs but I don’t know where to look to find out what I’d need to install.

Replies (4)

@hendrik@palaver.p3x.de 2026-04-26 20:31

Huh. My computer allows me to format a 128MB image file with brtfs. It won’t do it at 64MB though.

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@edinbruh@feddit.it 2026-04-26 20:49

Huh. My computer allows me to format a 128MB image file with brtfs. It won’t do it at 64MB though.

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@edinbruh@feddit.it 2026-04-26 20:52

If it’s a flash memory (sd card, usb stick, ssd, etc), you could try f2fs, it’s very light, and it supports compression and is meant specifically for that kind of devices (well, more for ssds). But judging your experience from your comments, I suggest you don’t delve into niche filesystems until you have more experience with Linux, especially for something like 128MB. I especially suggest you avoid zfs for now.

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@xthexder@l.sw0.com 2026-04-27 17:03

Damn, where did you even find such a small drive? The last time I used such a small device was the USB stick I brought to highschool in 2009. Even the free giveaway USB drives I have are at least 2GB. You probably have more RAM than storage?

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