On Sun, 16. Mar, W.Kenworthy spammed my inbox with > I believe that writing a file to a single location is not the way to do > this: you need to write a byte to the usb key in the same location, but > need to ensure it continually changes: perhaps rotating 1's/0's. > Alternatively, the concern is that the FAT/inode table or the like is > where the most wear will occur - perhaps concentrate there?
Yeah, if I have the stick mounted sync and always copy and delete a file, some bytes should get flipped around regularly. *If* there is no internal wear leveling, that is. On USB sticks with internal wear leveling, you will, from a size of about 1 GB upwards, never (Well, perhaps after 10 years...) see a failure due to media wear. For the record: My USB stick has now gone through 78560 read/write cycles and is still happily copying. Regards, Jan -- thenybble.de/blog/ -- four bits at a time
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