On Mon, Feb 04, 2008 at 08:53:38PM +0200, Jabka Atu wrote: > Since my main pc is laptop i need something that will be as faill proof as > posible. > so i thought maybe to use flash drive as main drive and forget the swap or > what ever the problem rises how ? > > I'm not sure but most of todaies flash drive has a lifetime for 50K write > per bit (not sure since i read about 100K somewhere) so it is really bad > idea to use flash as swap or /var/log etc. > > the main question is how to set my favorite flavor (sid , sorry etch but i > don't love backports.. ) to work with as less as possible writes? > Ideas ? guides ? or what ever ... > but who can i disable writes without damaging my system i guess linked tmp > with ramdisk is a start but i need more ideas .
First, turn off atime on mounts. Add enough memory so that you never need swap. Then, use a swap file if needed. Put /tmp on tmpfs. Or, run a live CD like GRML and put /home on the flash drive. Flash-drive systems are often used on embedded devices. I know that many people use OpenBSD on their laptops and also on Soekris embedded devices (e.g. as firewalls). You could check the OpenBSD website for some docs and check the [EMAIL PROTECTED] archives. Doug. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
