[OCLUG-Tech] Re: Linux Digest, Vol 59, Issue 9

2009-11-28 Thread Prof. John C Nash
I was worried about the "wearout" of SSD in my Asus Eee 900, so I put the following lines in my /etc/fstab tmpfs /var/log tmpfs defaults 0 0 tmpfs /tmp tmpfs defaults 0 0 tmpfs /var/tmp tmpfs defaults 0 0 Possibly others can suggest improvements on this. Of course, I am relying on RAM to hold

[OCLUG-Tech] RE: Running Linux 24/7 on Thumb Drive - Wear?

2009-11-28 Thread Bruce Keats
I assume by "thumbdrive" you mean one of the USB memory sticks which are usually built using FLASH memory devices. You can google the FLASH memory write limit which should answer your question. Bruce > Date: Fri, 27 Nov 2009 16:10:26 -0500 > From: "C.T. Paterson" > Subject: [OCLUG-Tec