From: David Woodhouse <dwmw2@infradead.org>
To: "Jose Rodríguez Argente" <jradc@tid.es>
Cc: linux-mtd@lists.infradead.org
Subject: Re: Flash writings limit?
Date: Mon, 17 Sep 2001 14:11:26 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <10490.1000732286@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <3BA5F4EC.2060909@tid.es>
jradc@tid.es said:
> Is it harmful to the flash memory if the whole filesystem tree in
> linux is intalled on flash (including /tmp /var and other directories
> with a high rate of writing operations) ? I have Strata Flash with
> JFFS2 installed.
It depends how much you actually write to those directories, but yes - it's
advisable to put them elsewhere. The iPAQ uses ramfs for /tmp and some of
the subdirectories of /var - that seems like a sensible plan.
--
dwmw2
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2001-09-17 13:05 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2001-09-17 13:04 Flash writings limit? Jose Rodríguez Argente
2001-09-17 13:11 ` David Woodhouse [this message]
2001-09-17 13:15 ` Jose Rodríguez Argente
2001-09-17 16:00 ` Herman Oosthuysen
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