Date: Fri, 7 Apr 2006 01:29:01 -0700 From: "Gayn Winters" <gayn.winters@bristolsystems.com> To: "'Malcolm Fitzgerald'" <mfitzgerald@pacific.net.au>, "'freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG'" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: RE: Which BSD - Flash Drive Message-ID: <002701c65a1d$55b1e0b0$6501a8c0@workdog> In-Reply-To: <22bb8d6ea7e10cea9543d98cb36d3181@pacific.net.au>
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> [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org] On Behalf Of > Malcolm Fitzgerald > Sent: Thursday, April 06, 2006 8:28 PM > To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > Subject: Re: Which BSD - Flash Drive > > On 07/04/2006, at 12:53 PM, wc_fbsd@xxiii.com wrote: > > > 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. > > 100,000 write cycles was the estimate > > > 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. > > do you have a link - I couldn't find it > > Malcolm http://www.crucial.com/kb/answer.asp?qid=4088 Where they rate their own flash at 1,000,000 read/write cycles. -gayn Bristol Systems Inc. 714/532-6776 www.bristolsystems.com
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