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>>Actually, that's a good point. All that writing to the FAT would use |
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>>those flash blocks a lot, which would indeed wear it out. |
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> I trashed a Crucial 1GB drive in a few weeks, until I found out about |
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> this change. |
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I think this problem should find its way in the official Gentoo docs (if |
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it isn't already there). It affects all recent Linux distros anyway. |
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It's quite crucial -trashing usb flash drives is NOT good marketing for |
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our beloved penguin. |
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Anyone knows if on the LKML the devs gave some opinion about this side |
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effect? |
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m. |
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