Date: Wed, 24 Jul 2002 17:53:17 +0000 From: Christian Brueffer <chris@unixpages.org> To: Ceri Davies <setantae@idoru.mine.nu> Cc: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Request for comments on a sentence in the solid-state article Message-ID: <20020724175317.GC358@unixpages.org> In-Reply-To: <20020724122831.GB20946@idoru.mine.nu> References: <20020724140036.GB358@unixpages.org> <20020724122831.GB20946@idoru.mine.nu>
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On Wed, Jul 24, 2002 at 01:28:31PM +0100, Ceri Davies wrote: > On Wed, Jul 24, 2002 at 02:00:36PM +0000, Christian Brueffer said: > > Hi, > > > > I found the following sentence in the solid-state article, section 6.3: > > > > You should always remount those filesystems read-only when you are > > done with any maintenance - it is dangerous to leave them in > > read-write mode lest a process begin logging or otherwise writing > > regularly to the flash media and wearing it out over time. > > > > The part after the '-' is very unclear and should be fixed. I've thought > > about it some time, but couldn't find something better. > > Perhaps: > You should always remount those filesystems read-only when you are > done with any maintenance - unnecessary writes to the flash media > could considerably shorten it's lifespan. > > People reading this article are presumably familiar with this "feature" of > flash cards, so perhaps we can afford to brief here. > > Ceri > Looks good to me. - Christian -- http://www.unixpages.org chris@unixpages.org GPG Pub-Key : www.unixpages.org/cbrueffer.asc GPG Fingerprint: 0DB5 8563 2473 C72A A8D1 56EA DAD2 B05D 5F3C 3185 GPG Key ID : DAD2B05D5F3C3185 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message
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