On Monday 17 February 2020 05:00:14 Klaus Singvogel wrote: > elvis wrote: > > On 17/2/20 3:10 pm, Gene Heskett wrote: > > > Greetings all; > > > > > > I am trying to remove as much write activity as possible from the > > > u-sd that a raspi boots from. To that end I'll create a partition > > > on an ssd, of 5000 megs, then copy the existing /tmp's contents to > > > it it, then mount the ssd partition of that name on top of it > > > where it is in the u-sd now. A partition labeled tmp-u-sd-temp > > > would be about the least mistake prone to put in /etc/fstab. I did > > > this once at least a decade or more ago because I outgrew the > > > /home/partition but can't in 2020 remember the fstab syntax a > > > decade+ later. > > > > > > Can someone help > > > > This is not the asked solution to the problem, but why not just have > > your root on nfs? No need to worry about any writes to the card > > then. > > I, for myself, have the problem, that can't catch him. > > He is speaking about a u-sd, but I'm only familiar with: ssd or usb. > Both sound similar, are different to handle, and at the end it's > something completly different he want's to know. > The u-sd is the usual abbreviation for the teeny little 64G micro-sd card the pi boots from. With 64G to play in its going to last a lot longer before it fails than an 8G card, and removeing temporary writes to /tmp by transferring them to a SSD plugged into a usb3 port, it should last at least until the rapture. Or until my pacemaker needs replaced in another 9 years because the battery is failing. Since I'm now 85, that would make me 94 yo then.
Does this clarify it for you? :) > Best regards, > Klaus. Cheers, Gene Heskett -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) If we desire respect for the law, we must first make the law respectable. - Louis D. Brandeis Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene>
