On Tue, Jan 28, 2014 at 8:37 AM, Sian McNeill <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm currently running a data logging application on a Raspberry Pi, I'm
> running into a lot problems with SD card corruption. I'm looking into moving
> it to run on a Beagle Bone Black via the EMMC rather than external SD card.
>
> I'm using the latest Ubuntu Saucy image, flashed to the EMMC. Where the BBB
> will be housed there may well be random power outages, though it will
> hopefully be through a UPS.
>
> Without a proper shutdown sequence am I going to risk corruption on the
> EMMC?

Yes.. It doesn't matter what arm device you use. Without a proper
shutdown, any media will eventually get corrupted with random power
failures.

Things that help:
1: use 'noatime' on mount to limit writes
2: read-only root file system

or just get a ups..

Regards,

-- 
Robert Nelson
http://www.rcn-ee.com/

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