On Tue, Apr 12, 2011 at 11:34 AM, Ed Flecko <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi folks, > When reading posts about setting up a Soekris using a compact flash, I > see a lot of people saying that a compact flash cannot withstand a lot > of writing before failing. > > 1.) Is that true? How much is "a lot" of writing? (My 4501 is for my > tiny, home network) > > 2.) How do you set up an OS (either OBSD or FBSD) to NOT write to a CF??? > > 3.) If you set it up to not write to your CF, how does your Soekris > manage to create log files???
I picked up a used 4801 a while ago, loaded a full install of openbsd on it to test just exactly that. I didn't care if it fried the card in a month or 2, or 6. It's been running now for over a year with no problems at all. I've used it exactly the same way I would if it had a disk in it. I'm not using any ramdisk trickery at all. It's completely stock. The only real benefit to a read-only filesystem is immediate recovery after power outage. -B _______________________________________________ Soekris-tech mailing list [email protected] http://lists.soekris.com/mailman/listinfo/soekris-tech
