Re: Compact Flash lifetime/failure detection?

Jed Clear <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.comp.hardware.soekris.technical
Message-ID <[email protected]> 
> 
> I am now worried that my Soekris could go the same way.  That machine is
> net5501 running FreeBSD.

You can use the nanobsd configuration script to build FreeBSD. It only writes to the CF when you upload a new build of the OS image. And then it only updates alternating halves of the card. It was designed when flash was smaller and writes were a big concern, but it's still FreeBSD.  See the FreeBSD Handbook and nanobsd man page for more details.  I've been using nanobsd and an old camera CF on my 5501 since I got it.
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