Bill Bogstad wrote: > Tom Metro wrote: >> Or do you not trust the altered firmware... > > Would you?
I guess if testing showed it to be reliable up to some capacity, I would consider using it for scratch storage, like conveying an OS installer, knowing that the installer did an md5sum on its files before using them. But... > You will notice that there are errors even in the first > 8Gig of data written. ...yeah, that suggests it is trash. > Could it start trying to do wear leveling > to flash that isn't actually there? Good point. That might even explain why there are apparent holes in the lower portion of the first 8 GB. > It was only because I cared about > possibly losing data that I tested it at all. Did anything tip you off, or did you read about this trend and figured it was just a good idea to test your cards? -Tom _______________________________________________ Hardwarehacking mailing list [email protected] http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/hardwarehacking
