Re: Compactflash cards dying?

David Woodhouse
2003-02-03T23:03:08Z

On Mon, 2003-02-03 at 12:54, Pavel Machek wrote:
> Ouch... I can't imageine how even VFAT would work on something not
> 8-bit-clean. I doubt FAT only uses 7bits...

So use a pseudo-file-system which lets you store 8-bit data on such a
device storing only 7-bit data.

It's no less sensible than taking a real flash device and hacking up a
pseudo-file-system which makes it pretend to be a block device, then
using a 'normal' file system on top of that.

It's just a shame that CF doesn't generally give you real access to the
underlying flash and let you use a real file system designed for the
purpose rather than its silly 'translation layer' :)

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