The trick is to turn off virtual memory. Obviously you must have enough ram to handle this. If you are just running emc then the memory requirements are fairly low. 512M works well on my lathe.
There are other workarounds as I describe on the wiki page. Les RogerN wrote: > I'm not sure if this is relevant with Linux, but we have some Siemens > MicroBox PLC's at work, they run Windows XP embedded IIRC. They have a > compact flash drive and they have to protect the CF because Windows will try > to read/write constantly as virtual memory and wear the CF cards out > shortly. Then we have the problem that if we reboot, cycle power, or lose > power, the settings are lost and we have to re-enter settings that have > changed since last save with the write filter off. > > Anyway, if Linux uses a drive as virtual memory, I would think it would have > the potential to wear out a CF card fairly quickly, though their may already > be work arounds for it. > > RogerN ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports 2008 30-Day trial. Simplify your report design, integration and deployment - and focus on what you do best, core application coding. Discover what's new with Crystal Reports now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bobj-july _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
