[Gllug] Flash-only laptop

[Huw Lynes]

On Tue, 2005-06-07 at 14:00, Rich Walker wrote:
> Rev Simon Rumble <simon at rumble.net> writes:
> 

> > What about flash wearing?  Can you use file systems like jffs for the 
> > root FS?  And do they have any impact through an IDE-CF interface?
> 
cyclades boxes boot of flash as do many other embedded devices. The
trick is to have a read only root filesystem and mount the rw stuff in
memory. You couldn't really have /home on a flash card because you would
destroy it very quickly with multiple writes.

Huw

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