Shamus, Not all flash cards are created equal. Some have better quality control than others. I've been happy with the industrial cards from Transcend and Emphase (as well as the direct plug devices from Emphase)
Not all of the consumer grade flash cards are designed for this type of use. Darrick -----Original Message----- From: Shamus Rask [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, December 22, 2011 9:20 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Astlinux-users] runnix very slow--AstLinux 1.0.0 Thanks... unfortunately I have a Mac and it doesn't include hdparm. Thinking more about my testing of the cloned drive, I'm not convinced that it is the card that is the problem. I've ordered another CF-IDE adaptor as well as an SD-IDE adaptor and will test again with those when they arrive (early January). I will report back on my findings. cheers, Shamus On 2011-12-22, at 1:49 PM, [email protected] wrote: > Message: 7 > Date: Thu, 22 Dec 2011 19:49:09 +0100 > From: Michael Keuter <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [Astlinux-users] runnix very slow--AstLinux 1.0.0 > To: AstLinux Users Mailing List <[email protected]> > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > > Am 22.12.2011 um 19:00 schrieb Shamus Rask: > >> I just cloned my working CF card (Lexar 4GB Platinum II 80x) to one of my >> newer CF cards (Lexar 4GB ????) with the following: >> imac:~ shamus$ dd if=/dev/disk2 of=/dev/disk1 >> dd: /dev/disk2: Device not configured >> 6061608+0 records in >> 6061608+0 records out >> 3103543296 bytes transferred in 1909.268174 secs (1625515 bytes/sec) >> >> On testing the clone, I was able to get past the syslinux and runnix >> prompts, but it never succesfully booted. >> >> What I've found is that the problem has reoccured with the cloned card >> running the "good" copy--from this I can only assume it is the card type and >> nothing to do with Syslinux or runnix! Does it make sense that a newer, >> faster card would work slower? Is there anyway from the CLI that I can probe >> a card to find out more detailed information that would allow me to discern >> between the two types? >> >> I should have done this test earlier... sorry!!! >> >> cheers... and apologies, >> Shamus > > Infos: hdparm /dev/sda > Speed-Test: hdparm -t /dev/sda > > Michael > > http://www.mksolutions.info > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Write once. Port to many. Get the SDK and tools to simplify cross-platform app development. Create new or port existing apps to sell to consumers worldwide. Explore the Intel AppUpSM program developer opportunity. appdeveloper.intel.com/join http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-appdev _______________________________________________ Astlinux-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/astlinux-users Donations to support AstLinux are graciously accepted via PayPal to [email protected].
