Date: Tue, 14 Apr 1998 18:18:52 -0700 From: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> To: Richard Goh <accel@pacific.net.sg> Cc: hardware@FreeBSD.ORG, questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD on Solid-StateDisk Message-ID: <199804150118.SAA01716@dingo.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 15 Apr 1998 09:05:44 %2B0800." <v03110700b159b7ea4e0d@[210.24.99.103]>
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> Hi, > I am running freebsd 2.2.5 on an industrial pc. > Due to high temperature and vibration, would like to replace the harddisk > with a solid state one. > Can this be done? Yes. > Anyone experienced with this? Yes. > Thanks for any info. If you're running a reasonably cut-down system, I suggest that you look at PicoBSD and one of the flash cards that emulate a floppy drive or harddisk at the BIOS level. You won't be able to read/write the disk once FreeBSD has booted though, but this is often OK for embedded applications. If you need rewritable storage, there are solid-state disks available both using flash and battery-backed DRAM. Owing to the behaviour of the BSD filesystem, you may find that flash disks have an unacceptably short lifetime (50-100,000 write cycles). See http://www.indcompsrc.com/products/drives/home.html for some examples (ICS are expensive, you will be able to do better elsewhere if you can find other suppliers). FreeBSD does not have flash filesystem support at this time. -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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