Gentoo Archives: gentoo-user

From: Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] "Headless question": Harvesting the results...software needed.
Date: Sun, 12 Oct 2014 09:22:08
Message-Id: 20141012102146.6cf37d88@digimed.co.uk
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] "Headless question": Harvesting the results...software needed. by Stroller
1 On Sun, 12 Oct 2014 08:24:46 +0100, Stroller wrote:
2
3 > > And I have to prevent, that a sector/block/organisation unit
4 > > of the flash is written more than once to prevent ware out of the
5 > > flash.
6 >
7 > Wear-levelling should be handled by the flash memory controller, and
8 > you shouldn't need to worry about it.
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10 Also, good cards these days handle far more writes to the same location
11 without failure. Stick to quality, branded cards and wear shouldn't be a
12 problem. If you are still concerned, replace the card every year.
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16 Neil Bothwick
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