From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Apr 7 02:52:20 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 340C416A400 for ; Fri, 7 Apr 2006 02:52:20 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wmc20@xxiii.com) Received: from imf16aec.mail.bellsouth.net (imf16aec.mail.bellsouth.net [205.152.59.64]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A224643D45 for ; Fri, 7 Apr 2006 02:52:19 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from wmc20@xxiii.com) Received: from ibm58aec.bellsouth.net ([68.209.177.221]) by imf16aec.mail.bellsouth.net with ESMTP id <20060407025219.YYLA21626.imf16aec.mail.bellsouth.net@ibm58aec.bellsouth.net> for ; Thu, 6 Apr 2006 22:52:19 -0400 Received: from wcox.bellsouth.net ([68.209.177.221]) by ibm58aec.bellsouth.net with ESMTP id <20060407025214.SCVK4510.ibm58aec.bellsouth.net@wcox.bellsouth.net> for ; Thu, 6 Apr 2006 22:52:14 -0400 Message-Id: <6.2.3.4.2.20060406224859.02eba158@mailsvr.xxiii.com> X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 6.2.3.4 Date: Thu, 06 Apr 2006 22:53:03 -0400 To: From: wc_fbsd@xxiii.com In-Reply-To: References: <3779463.post@talk.nabble.com> <443524CF.4060108@mac.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Subject: Re: Which BSD - Flash Drive X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 07 Apr 2006 02:52:20 -0000 At 07:40 PM 4/6/2006, Malcolm Fitzgerald wrote: >>>I would like to run a BSD distribution off a 1GB USB Flash drive... >>That's possible. You do understand that flash drives only have >>very limited # of write cycles before they fail, and should be >>operated in read-only mode most of the time? >I've only heard that on this list. I've read it on some linux lists too. Apparently there is some truth to it. It's supposedly not so bad that it's gonna fail in a week.... but don't put a swap slice on a flash device. Also, Crucial / Micron (memory manufacturers) address it in their FAQ at www.crucial.com and state that it is a real concern, but if you buy their flash devices, they are covered by their lifetime warranty, even if such a failure should occur. -Wayne