Date: Mon, 29 Oct 2007 07:57:17 -0700 (PDT) From: John <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: RE: [LIB] speed gain using flash card
hello Avi The cards do wear leveling so they wear evenly. I am dual booting Slackware Linux and MS-DOS 7 on mine. I use Star Office, Mplayer, and Madplay mainly. john --- Avi Cohen Stuart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Date: Mon, 29 Oct 2007 10:14:48 +0100 > From: "Avi Cohen Stuart" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: RE: [LIB] speed gain using flash card > > John, > > I've read a lot about Flash instead of a 'real' HD. > How does the Sandisk > handle the write wear-out? > What are you running as an OS on the libretto? > > Avi. > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: John [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Friday, 26 October, 2007 20:49 > > To: Libretto > > Subject: [LIB] speed gain using flash card > > > > Date: Fri, 26 Oct 2007 11:46:51 -0700 (PDT) > > From: John <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Subject: speed gain using flash card > > > > Hello fellow members > > > > I am using a sandisk extreme II 8 gig compact > flash as a > > solid state hard drive in my Libretto 110CT and am > having > > twice the speed for read and writes as I was > getting with a > > standard hard drive. The extreme III and IV are > opproximatly > > twice and three times as fast as the II so if I > would get > > another increase if I upgraded to one of those. > > > > I am getting 4 MB as opposed to 1.5 to 2 with the > hard drive. > > I should expect 6 and 8MB with the extreme III and > IV. > > > > I am also using a second flash card for a virtual > memory > > drive but it is an old one so only gives hard > drive speeds. > > If I updated that with a newer one I would think > the increase > > in speed be noticalbe in swap file use. > > > > I notice a real reduction in temperature also > using a solid > > state drive. My libretto was always having to slow > down to > > cool off but it is very cool now when it runs. > > > > john > > > > __________________________________________________ > > Do You Yahoo!? > > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam > protection > > around http://mail.yahoo.com > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
