On Fri, Jan 23, 2009 at 2:11 PM, Chris Buechler <[email protected]> wrote: > Run a full install on 2 or 4 GB CF. That's what I do, as well as > several other developers. Theoretically it'll kill the flash, in > reality, many of us have been doing this for years and I don't know of > anyone that's killed a CF.
Wear leveling is your friend. If your CF card is significantly larger than the data stored on it you'll get longer life out of it. Catch is getting it installed on the 4GB CF first, I've done this once using a random CF->IDE adapter, disabling DMA in BIOS and from the loader prompt so that it'll actually work (most CF->IDE adapters aren't built in such a way that they allow the CF card to negotiate DMA like an HDD would), install ran fine, modified loader.conf to ensure DMA is turned off, it did seem to work but it took a good 20 mins to boot, so I'm not sure what the other differences are between a full and an embedded system. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] Commercial support available - https://portal.pfsense.org
