[Fwd: Re: [sclug] PDA's?]

[Jon Masters]

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Matt wrote:

jcm>>I also have a Zaurus SL-5500 running Open Zaurus.
jcm>>I have moved the majority of the root filesystem
jcm>>contents to SD Card and Compact Flash and find
jcm>>it quite adequate for using on the train or bus
jcm>>while the USB charger I bought helps with battery life.

| I've not gone quite that far yet, but I do try and install packages to
| SD, and use the CF card just for data so I don't lose too much if I use
| the WiFi card instead. I will probably move the root over to SD entirely
| at some point.

I also have the Buffalo Wifi card and indeed keep mp3s on my Compact
Flash so that I only lose some music etc. if I use wifi.

| I've not had the same problem with CF media, in fact I have a SanDisk
| Ultra card that has been formatted for both BSD and Linux and used as a
| root disk for embedded hardware with no trouble. It's now happy in my
| Zaurus as 'data' storage.

I would now check any card I used I feel. The Open Zaurus environment
ships with badblocks installed.

| Mine died quite soon after converting to ext2fs and installing a few
| packages, suddenly it just shredded itself and no running of badblocks,
| e2fsck, etc. would complete successfully without tying itself up in
| knots.

They factory format to FAT16 or FAT32 for larger cards so any bad blocks
on there are cunningly hidden from regular camera users.

Who would notice if 4K of a photo image was damaged?
[ no need for anal responses please. ]

Cheers,

Jon.
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