On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 11:16:44PM -0500, H.S. wrote: > Ron Johnson wrote: > > On 02/27/2009 04:38 PM, H.S. wrote: > >> Any suggestion if this can be improved to prolong the life of the memory > >> stick? Or at least not reduce it on a Debian Testing system? > > > > 1. noatime has the most impact. > > Okay. > > > 2. Modern flash memory lasts much longer than older flash, > > hmm .. wasn't aware of this.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wear-levelling U.S. Patent 6,850,443 Wear leveling techniques for flash EEPROM systems -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org