Re: OpenBSD runs only in RAM from a USB Flash Drive

2019-05-31 Thread Kevin Chadwick
>FFS isn't a journaling filesystem so any 'wear', even on primitive >flash storage, won't be enough to worry about. I disagree, depending on a few variables. If you can't get a better device then be prepared to replace the storage or count writes and create new files, keeping the old. KARL

Re: OpenBSD runs only in RAM from a USB Flash Drive

2019-05-31 Thread KAWAMATA Yoshihiro
Hi, From: sove...@vivaldi.net Subject: OpenBSD runs only in RAM from a USB Flash Drive Date: Thu, 30 May 2019 17:40:11 -0700 Message-ID: <24f3d709e54642fefb33ae3afab7b...@vivaldi.net> > In order to minimize wear on the USB Flash memory, is there a way to > command OpenBSD to alway

Re: OpenBSD runs only in RAM from a USB Flash Drive

2019-05-31 Thread Patrick Harper
FFS isn't a journaling filesystem so any 'wear', even on primitive flash storage, won't be enough to worry about. -- Patrick Harper paia...@fastmail.com On Fri, 31 May 2019, at 03:41, sove...@vivaldi.net wrote: > 30 May, 2019 > > Greetings OpenBSD aficionados, > > As a newbie to OpenBSD,

Re: OpenBSD runs only in RAM from a USB Flash Drive

2019-05-31 Thread Jan Stary
On May 30 17:40:11, sove...@vivaldi.net wrote: > As a newbie to OpenBSD, I am delighted to have the chance to interact with > the OpenBSD Mailing Lists community. > Since I am about to install OpenBSD 6.5 (amd64) on a USB Flash Drive for the > first time, I was wondering if anyone has a solution

Re: OpenBSD runs only in RAM from a USB Flash Drive

2019-05-30 Thread Predrag Punosevac
> 30 May, 2019 > > Greetings OpenBSD aficionados, > > As a newbie to OpenBSD, I am delighted to have the chance to interact > with the OpenBSD Mailing Lists community. > Since I am about to install OpenBSD 6.5 (amd64) on a USB Flash Drive for > > the first time, I was wondering if anyone has a

OpenBSD runs only in RAM from a USB Flash Drive

2019-05-30 Thread soveran
30 May, 2019 Greetings OpenBSD aficionados, As a newbie to OpenBSD, I am delighted to have the chance to interact with the OpenBSD Mailing Lists community. Since I am about to install OpenBSD 6.5 (amd64) on a USB Flash Drive for the first time, I was wondering if anyone has a solution to the