On Thu, Dec 24, 2020 at 02:00:31PM +0100, tom ehlert wrote: > > >> 1. This is bad idea - use flash cards for swap or more modern os (like all > >> windows). I had experience with 16 TF cards, which die after 1 year > >> (rewrite > >> limit). All 16 cards work in non-overloaded machines. > > > My CF card is used as "HDD" 3rd month - we'll see in 9 months will it > > survive. > > > I doubt it "must die" after a year of use - consider all that photocameras > > that use CF cards; their owners probably had to buy new CF cards each year. > > this obviously doesn't depend on time, but on the way you use it, in > particular how much you write to it.
As you probably see I addressed the statement of "DosWorld" poster - it wasn't my idea, and I still doubt it. > also there is no such thing as 'CF card'. Maybe all these suppliers have no idea what they offer; who knows: https://www.amazon.com/CompactFlash-Memory-Cards/b?node=1197392 > that said, a modern CF card might survive a year as swap device. ...so we're back at this "one year" again, despite all these explanations :] -- regards, Zbigniew _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
