Hi all, On Thursday 18 January 2007 07:48, Michael Towers wrote: > Michel Di Croci wrote: > > http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Installing_ArchLinux_on_a_USB_key > > > > I will fill the missing section when I come back at home tonight. > > I don't think anyone has mentioned this yet, but I wonder about the > effect on the lifetime of the usb key if it is used in this way. They > support only a limited number of write cycles, and I guess running a > normal linux system could be quite a challenge (though I have no > concrete data on this).
I wanted to post a similar comment yesterday but I didn't have time. The solution to this problem is Journalling Flash File System, a file system designed to evenly use the flash disk. The working principle is quite simple but I don't know if it scales right for bigger partitions. It was created for the embedded devices. According to the website, it can be found in post 2.4 kernels - not sure if it is in 2.6. Also, I don't know if it can be used on the root partition. * http://sourceware.org/jffs2/ Mircea /IceRAM -- http://mircea.bardac.net
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