Re: [gentoo-user] Re: CF and Gentoo

2008-10-03 Thread Mick
On Friday 03 October 2008, James wrote: Simon turner25 at gmail.com writes: Best method I now which is near effort-less, but requires preparation is to setup your drive initially as a RAID-1 mirror but force it to have only one drive (if you don't want it mirrored all the time). Thanks

[gentoo-user] Re: CF and Gentoo

2008-10-02 Thread James
Simon turner25 at gmail.com writes: Best method I now which is near effort-less, but requires preparation is to setup your drive initially as a RAID-1 mirror but force it to have only one drive (if you don't want it mirrored all the time). Thanks for all of the input. I have a severe

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: CF and Gentoo

2008-09-28 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Sunday 28 September 2008 00:18:35 Stroller wrote: Since they are not frequently updated and have minimal installed   software (iptables on firewalls and DNS on DNS servers) accompanied by the fact that most devices have internal wear leveling; it should take many years to reach the

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: CF and Gentoo

2008-09-27 Thread Stroller
On 26 Sep 2008, at 19:21, James wrote: Neil Bothwick neil at digimed.co.uk writes: Bear in mind the limited write lifetime of flash memory. Don't put / var or /tmp on such a card if you can avoid it. Well, I'm not sure any other alternatives are attractive? Unless I find a way to mount

[gentoo-user] Re: CF and Gentoo

2008-09-26 Thread James
Neil Bothwick neil at digimed.co.uk writes: Bear in mind the limited write lifetime of flash memory. Don't put /var or /tmp on such a card if you can avoid it. Well, I'm not sure any other alternatives are attractive? Unless I find a way to mount those partitions off of a usb stick, or some

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: CF and Gentoo

2008-09-26 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Fri, 26 Sep 2008 18:21:06 + (UTC), James wrote: Bear in mind the limited write lifetime of flash memory. Don't put /var or /tmp on such a card if you can avoid it. Well, I'm not sure any other alternatives are attractive? Unless I find a way to mount those partitions off of a usb