On Mon, Apr 05, 2004 at 09:35:07PM +0100, Iain Young wrote: > Hi All, > > I've seen a number of 'HOWTO' documents on installing Debian on > Compact Flash, but most of the ones I've seen deal with installing > it once, and using stable. > > Has anyone had any experience with using Sid, -and- keeping it > up to date with apt-get update and apt-get upgrade regularly ? > > How long do the modern CF cards last before they need to be replaced ? > Most of these machines would be router || dns || ldap type machines - > ie small, dedicated for a particular job, rather than general purpose, > or graphics. > > Any other tips ? I guess moving syslog to be over the network > might help, but I'd think the apt-getting would probably be more > costly in terms of CF life. > > I'm thinking of migrating my home machines to the Mini-ITX factor, > and so was considering going all the way, and doing without a hard > drive in most cases. > > (And yes, Im one of those nutters who like to have the leading > edge software) > > > Iain. > Hi Iain, there is a guy from a user group that I attend (www.nycwireless.net) that created a debian cf based distro for an embedded wireless access point. Its called pebble linux. It runs on a 64mb cf card in a 'soekris'(sp?) board. As you mentioned, cf has a limited read/write life. so, YMMV. -Kev
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