From: "Jose Rodríguez Argente" <jradc@tid.es>
To: David Woodhouse <dwmw2@infradead.org>
Cc: linux-mtd@lists.infradead.org
Subject: Re: Flash writings limit?
Date: Mon, 17 Sep 2001 15:15:31 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <3BA5F773.4010105@tid.es> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 10490.1000732286@redhat.com
David Woodhouse wrote:
>
> 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
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Thanks a lot. How do you set this ram partitions at boot time? I am
considering two options:
1) Have a compressed image in flash and load it with a loader in RAM
2) Execute a script in init to set the ramdisks partitions
Which one do you think is best?
Thanks a lot again
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2001-09-17 13:11 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
2001-09-17 13:15 ` Jose Rodríguez Argente [this message]
2001-09-17 16:00 ` Herman Oosthuysen
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