In message: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Robert Vassar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: : I successfully ran these network services sans network filesystems on : a 1Gb USB memory stick for about 8 months. It was completely silent, : and the total power draw was roughly 5 watts. The problem I ran into : is that Linux implements a POSIX compliant filesystem. Even taking : steps to eliminate swap, the never ending filesystem metadata updates : burned up my little flash drive in less than a year. BSD will not : escape this problem. It will be true on any system that records file : access/modify timestamps. There might be a way to turn them off, or : you might be able to mount certain partitions read-only.
mount -o noatime will fix this on BSD. I've deployed 32MB CF with this in the field that have survived for 6 years now. I did have two partitions: the binaries were in a read only file system. The modified data went into a separate partition mounted -o noatime. I thought linux also had a noatime option... Warner _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.