On 24 Jun 2016 at 9:11, Art wrote: > You might NOT want to use an sd card for the install. I had a full blown > (non-tails) operating system install on an sd card. It lasted less than > a month of occasional use, then the card became unreadable and no data > could be recovered. I was just getting ready to do a backup of important > files when the card failed. > > The error was unknown disk format. The sd card was a premium brand, not > a cheap Chinese no name brand. > > I lost some very important files, a few that were priceless. > > While it was working well, the transfer rates of the sd card were NOT > good, a usb stick install ran circles around the sd card install. > > It seems the sd cards aren't made for constant duty, an internet search > found others with reliability issues when using sd cards.
I would guess you had a persistent volume on your SD card. If you don't need persistence (and use a separate USB-Stick for data), then I would think, there are no write operations to the sd-card (similar to Tails from a DVD) and thus no wear at all. _______________________________________________ tails-support mailing list [email protected] https://mailman.boum.org/listinfo/tails-support To unsubscribe from this list, send an empty email to [email protected].
