On Fri, 17 Apr 2015 05:54:08 -0400 Gene Heskett <gheskett@wdtv.com> wrote: > On Friday 17 April 2015 02:33:59 Petter Adsen wrote: > > On Thu, 16 Apr 2015 20:50:13 -0400 > > Gene Heskett <gheskett@wdtv.com> wrote: > > > With limited life of the flash, linux filesystems are hell on > > > flash. > > > > Not any longer :) There are now Linux filesystems specifically for > > flash memory - F2FS, for instance. ext4 isn't as bad on flash, > > either, with the right mount options, and btrfs (if you dare use > > it) has optimizations for it. I think wikipedia has more on those - > > there are others. > > > > It's a good option for installations, or a system drive that you can > > boot in an emergency. They are also cheap enough that you can use > > them as a system drive on a box altogether, and just replace it > > before/when it goes bad. > > > > Petter > > Thats good to read Petter, thanks. I got burned a bit early on, > running dd-wrt on an x86 boxen from nothing but flash, It worked > great, till the flashes died, about 3 of the std sized 512 meggers in > a month. Is that long ago? Flash memory has come a long way in recent years. I'm running SSDs on my desktop, and them burning out is not something I'm all that concerned about. Mounting with relatime is probably a good idea, though. Recently I bought a new router, and I've been just itching to install DD-WRT on it, I made sure to check it was compatible before buying it. The default firmware isn't bad, I'm just concerned about security, and there are a few options I miss. Besides, it's running an ssh server on the internal interface, for which I can't get a password or key :( Petter -- "I'm ionized" "Are you sure?" "I'm positive."
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