Re: running from compact flash media?
Daniel Pittman <[email protected]>
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"Voytek Eymont" <[email protected]> writes: > I just came across an IDE compact flash media adapter, and, I'm toying > with the idea of installing a bootable operating system on such a > media. > > has anyone used anything like that, what are the downsides? Yes, including you, I bet, since you probably own some sort of little appliance widget that runs Linux or similar. The downsides are that low performance, limited write capacity and storage capacity.[1] Specifically, most CF cards have very low performance compared to hard disks or high end dedicated IDE / SATA attached flash storage. You can expect mixed results, but anything read or write heavy will be a pain. Also, flash has a limited number of write cycles for each block. Good CF cards will do wear leveling internally, so you can expect several years of life from them no matter what file system you run. Bad ones, expect to see them die in short order. ;) Regards, Daniel Footnotes: [1] Though, these days, not so much an issue. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html