Yeah the card I was referring to was just a simple microSD card like what you would put in your camera. I was running a normal install of debian without any kind of "live" or ram disk setup. Not ideal for flash without wear leveling
On December 3, 2016 7:59:48 AM EST, Jochen Spieker <m...@well-adjusted.de> wrote: >deloptes: >> Steven Mainor wrote: >> >>> I don't know if this helps answer #3 or not. I have ran Debian from >a >>> microSD flash card before but the card reader was attached via USB. >>> >>> It didn't last very long before the flash card degraded. I think >running >>> an operating system on flash used up the read/write cycles too >quickly. >>> I eventually decided to find another solution. But it may not be an >>> issue for your use case. >>> >> I don't think so. I have a low power industrial pc used as firewall. >It runs >> on Compact Flash card for >6y now. I recall there were at least >100000 >> write cycles per sector and self diagnostic, so I would suspect >something >> else would be the problem. > >CF cards were much more clever from the beginning compared to cheaper >alternatives (like SSD or MMC cards). I would expect them to have >better >wear levelling than a common SD card. > >J. >-- >When I get home from the supermarket I don't know what to do with all >the >plastic. >[Agree] [Disagree] > <http://archive.slowlydownward.com/NODATA/data_enter2.html> -- Steven Mainor
