From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mail.fh-wedel.de ([195.37.86.23]) by pentafluge.infradead.org with esmtp (Exim 3.22 #1 (Red Hat Linux)) id 18AXVa-0002vk-00 for ; Sat, 09 Nov 2002 15:26:50 +0000 Date: Sat, 9 Nov 2002 16:57:06 +0100 From: =?iso-8859-1?Q?J=F6rn?= Engel To: Asier Santamaria Cc: linux-mtd@lists.infradead.org Subject: Re: Compact Flash Reliability Embeded System Message-ID: <20021109155706.GA18502@wohnheim.fh-wedel.de> References: <001901c28757$46ffd0f0$adef99c1@ordenadorcasa> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: <001901c28757$46ffd0f0$adef99c1@ordenadorcasa> Sender: linux-mtd-admin@lists.infradead.org Errors-To: linux-mtd-admin@lists.infradead.org List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Linux MTD discussion mailing list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: On Fri, 8 November 2002 19:47:21 +0100, Asier Santamaria wrote: > > I've read something about the Compact Flash reliability problems on an > embedded system. I'm developing an embedded system running Linux and I was > thinking to use a Compact Flash as storage drive. But I read that Compact > Flash is not the most reliable storage system, that you can have problems > during the power failure or bad shutting down of the system (usual on an > embedded system), that the CF can death. > Anyone has more information about that? Try http://www.linux-mtd.infradead.org/tech/nand.html Jörn -- Data dominates. If you've chosen the right data structures and organized things well, the algorithms will almost always be self-evident. Data structures, not algorithms, are central to programming. -- Rob Pike