On Fri, 2 Sep 2005 22:21:30 -0300, Norberto Bensa wrote: > > Incorrect. Flash memory only has a limited write lifetime, treating it > > like a hard drive will kill it in no time.
> Yup. Like in three years or so... I've dropped both floppies and CD-RW > discs in favor of pendrives (1GB) more like three months if you put a frequently written directory, like /tmp or /var/log, on a flash device. Unless you use a filesystem like JFFS2 that evens the writes over the whole disks, a few months of logfile updates can easily kill a portion of a drive. BTW you have PGP signed your email but your key doesn't appears to be on the keyservers. -- Neil Bothwick A closed mouth gathers no foot.
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