On Wednesday 22 October 2008 19:24:08 Glockenstein wrote: > Hello, > for testing I have used an 3.5"-HD, but if lenny becomes stable, > I will use a device which consumes less energy. > I would prefer a USB-Stick, but what I read about wear levelling > I do not really understand.
The problem with USB-sticks is that they implement wear leveling in their hardware for you, as they show a block layer over usb, and you have no way of knowing wether this wear leveling is implemented in a decent way for a particular usb stick. With solid state disks you at least know that they are intented for this kind of abuse, but the problem remains... I found the "Raw flash vs FTL devices" chapter at the following location quite enlightening: http://www.linux-mtd.infradead.org/doc/ubifs.html Joost -- homepage: http://damad.be/joost photo/blog: http://damad.be/joost/blog -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
