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On Wednesday 28 February 2007, Duncan <1i5t5.duncan@×××.net> wrote |
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about '[gentoo-amd64] Re: OT: Need advice on usb thumb drive boot': |
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> "P.V.Anthony" <pvantony@×××××××××××.sg> posted |
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> 45E510B6.8060104@×××××××××××.sg, excerpted below, on Wed, 28 Feb 2007 |
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> 13:18:46 +0800: |
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> > From the net, I gather that flash drives have a limited write/erase. |
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> > Is there a way that this can be overcome? |
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> With modern thumb drives it shouldn't matter that much. They have a |
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> wear- leveling write algorithm that spreads out the writes such that no |
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> one cell gets worn out significantly before the others, and such drives |
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> often last longer than regular drives now days. |
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In addition, modern flash sectors can be written more than 100000 times. |
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If all you were doing is writing to a single sector over and over, it |
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would still take years to wear it out. |
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