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DateSat, 14 May 2005 12:17:07 +0200
FromJörn Engel <>
SubjectRe: Sync option destroys flash!
On Fri, 13 May 2005 23:00:34 +0100, Alan Cox wrote:
> 
> Or it may even be cheaper to "burn" a few - buy one of each type from
> various shops, do 2 million writes to the same sector and take them back
> the next day if they died [And publish the review data 8))]

Or just accept the fact that flashes are a tad different from spinning
rust.  Expecting a decent wear levelling on the cheap USB sticks and
other forms of flash is plain unrealistic.

USB stick are a bit better than old 3.5" floppies were - if both are
used with fat, minix, ext, etc.  At least they don't die by lying in a
dark drawer.  But if you want them to last, your best bet is currently
to use JFFS2 on them.

Of course, JFFS2 sucks performance-wise, so the end result currently
is that USB sticks suck in some way, no matter what you try.

Jörn

-- 
Fools ignore complexity.  Pragmatists suffer it.
Some can avoid it.  Geniuses remove it.
-- Perlis's Programming Proverb #58, SIGPLAN Notices, Sept.  1982
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