RE: Running on usb flash

2012-09-02 Thread Björn Wetterbom
below fstab as slug no longer boots > > -- > From: brianpl...@hotmail.com > To: debian-arm@lists.debian.org > Subject: RE: Running on usb flash > Date: Sat, 1 Sep 2012 21:56:39 +0100 > > Thanks > > I've added > > > # /etc/fs

RE: Running on usb flash

2012-09-02 Thread Brian Platt
Did I make a mistake on the below fstab as slug no longer boots From: brianpl...@hotmail.com To: debian-arm@lists.debian.org Subject: RE: Running on usb flash Date: Sat, 1 Sep 2012 21:56:39 +0100 Thanks I've added # /etc/fstab: static file system information. # #

RE: Running on usb flash

2012-09-02 Thread Björn Wetterbom
> to fstab, is it worth minimzing or disabling swap? You'll have to check whether swap is used. Use htop. B > > > Date: Sat, 1 Sep 2012 22:03:20 +0200 > Subject: Re: Running on usb flash > From: bjohv...@gmail.com > To: brianpl...@ho

RE: Running on usb flash

2012-09-01 Thread Brian Platt
isk using cheap drives. Date: Sat, 1 Sep 2012 22:03:20 +0200 Subject: Re: Running on usb flash From: bjohv...@gmail.com To: brianpl...@hotmail.com CC: debian-arm@lists.debian.org I've run several devices from usb flash for years and have always followed the advice of Martin Michlmayr to u

Re: Running on usb flash

2012-09-01 Thread Björn Wetterbom
I've run several devices from usb flash for years and have always followed the advice of Martin Michlmayr to use -noatime. Through the years I've had a few crashes, but they have consistently been on cheap usb devices. My advice is to use noatime and sandisk memory, other measures give little in re