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/ -- For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "BeagleBoard" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
