On Tuesday 04 Mar 2008, Alan Pope wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 04, 2008 at 02:00:43PM +0100, Ottavio Caruso wrote:
> > I am looking for reference/tutorials on how to reduce writes on a flash
> > drive, after performing a traditional Linux installation on it.
>
> Why?
>
> http://news.softpedia.com/news/How-Reliable-Are-Eee-PC-039-s-Solid-State-Dr
>ives-After-All-76363.shtml
>
> "The worst predictions say that they would fail in 25 years of constant
> use"
I didn't know it was 25 years but I also believed that the life span of modern
flash is quite a few writes, certainly in the order of 10k writes to a given
spot. Some people have even gone ahead and created ext3 file system and swap
space on flash disks with no reported wearout in normal use.
--
Adam Trickett
Overton, HANTS, UK
In the field of observation, chance favours only the
prepared minds.
-- Louis Pasteur
