Re: Compact Flash lifetime/failure detection?

It appears that I did do one thing right on the net5501:-

# mount
/dev/ad0s1a on / (ufs, local, noatime)
devfs on /dev (devfs, local, multilabel)
/dev/ad1s1d on /var (ufs, local, soft-updates)
/dev/ad1s1e on /data (ufs, local, soft-updates)
devfs on /var/named/dev (devfs, local, multilabel)
devfs on /data/jail/mail/dev (devfs, local, multilabel)
devfs on /data/jail/www/dev (devfs, local, multilabel)


ad0 is the CF card
ad1 is a laptop drive

I guess that /tmp is still a problem though?

thanks, Philip

On 06/01/15 22:40, Jed Clear wrote:
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>> I am now worried that my Soekris could go the same way.  That machine is
>> net5501 running FreeBSD.
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> 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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