Since upgrading to 0.6.2, partitioning my flash disk and running genunion I am now not only able to make ordinary configuration changes sticky but the root password too.
The trouble is however that if your mobo only supports a single hard disk channel, having multiple partitions does not really help. If the rw partition wears out it might as well all be on the same partition anyway, as the whole flash module will need changing. I understand the philosophy often cited in this forum that in reality, the real lifetime of flash under astlinux could be a very long time, and you could even take the precaution of swapping flash modules every year or so. I think this is a point well made if you are the person maintaining the system, e.g. you are running your own pbx or are a hobbyist. However this strategy does not fit well imv once you try and work it into commercial scenarios and business models. If I had (say) hundreds of Astlinux boxes in the field, having to send someone out to each site once every year is certainly not going to be cost effective. Neither is the continual disruption and risk of downtime to the client desirable. I think trying to pass the burden of this maintenance on at time of sale to the buyer would also make for an unattractive option. I do not have a definitive list of all that is stored on the rw flash module, but I understand that CDRs and Voicemail are possibly amongst the noisiest. Wouldn't a better option be to try and store these in RAM and if necessary support the unit with a UPS ? Your thoughts please. Mart ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Astlinux-users mailing list Astlinux-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/astlinux-users Donations to support AstLinux are graciously accepted via PayPal to pay...@krisk.org.
