[clue-tech] Linux on memory stick

[Dan Harris]

dennisjperkins at comcast.net wrote:
>  -------------- Original message ----------------------
> From: "Collins Richey" <crichey at gmail.com>
>> On 11/4/07, Dennis J Perkins <dennisjperkins at comcast.net> wrote:
>>
>>> The second partition is ext2.  I wonder if journalling is a good idea on
>>> a memory stick?
>>>
>> Anything that increases writes will shorten the lifetime of the stick.
>>
>>
>> -- 
> 
> I suspected that little gotcha existed on these.  I imagine that is also true for these new solid state drives as well.
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Not so much anymore.  Unfortunately this reputation will take a long time to 
overcome.  The recent hard disk technology and anything reputable ( not sure if 
MicroCenter brand is reputable or not, though ) in other flash storage will 
likely outlive your need for the data stored upon it.

http://www.storagesearch.com/ssdmyths-endurance.html