Hi John What are you backing up to ? I think :-)) If you have it backed up to a duplicate device (SSD card) can't you just put that in the drive if the other main one fails ? Eric Brackenbury > > > > Today's Topics: > 2. Re: Linux Digest, Vol 59, Issue 9 (Prof. John C Nash) > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Sat, 28 Nov 2009 12:12:23 -0500 > From: "Prof. John C Nash" <nashjc [ at ] uottawa [ dot ] ca> > Subject: [OCLUG-Tech] Re: Linux Digest, Vol 59, Issue 9 > To: linux [ at ] lists [ dot ] oclug [ dot ] on [ dot ] ca, i [ dot ] adore [ dot ] my [ dot ] 64 [ at ] gmail [ dot ] com > Message-ID: <4B1159F7 [ dot ] 1010905 [ at ] uottawa [ dot ] ca> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed > > I was worried about the "wearout" of SSD in my Asus Eee 900, so I put > the following lines in my /etc/fstab > > tmpfs /var/log tmpfs defaults 0 0 > tmpfs /tmp tmpfs defaults 0 0 > tmpfs /var/tmp tmpfs defaults 0 0 > > Possibly others can suggest improvements on this. Of course, I am > relying on RAM to hold my logs, and apt-get complains that it cannot > find old logs, but otherwise I've found this satisfactory. > > JN > > > > > Date: Fri, 27 Nov 2009 16:10:26 -0500 > > From: "C.T. Paterson" <i [ dot ] adore [ dot ] my [ dot ] 64 [ at ] gmail [ dot ] com> > > Subject: [OCLUG-Tech] Running Linux 24/7 on Thumb Drive - Wear? > > To: OCLUG Linux <linux [ at ] lists [ dot ] oclug [ dot ] on [ dot ] ca> > > Message-ID: > > <c1c598a40911271310i491a8b12i98c3a39acce9eb85 [ at ] mail [ dot ] gmail [ dot ] com> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > > > > Hey folks, > > > > I've been running linux on a thumbdrive for a few months now. The > > machine is on 24/7, and while I wouldn't go so far as to call it > > "busy" - it certainly has things to do throughout the day and night > > (it's a PVR). There have been a couple of incidents now, that have > > made me question the integrity of the system - and I wonder about the > > flash drive. > > > > I know (or think I know) that flash can "wear out" if read/writes are > > done to the same spot on the disk repeatedly - as might be done to > > /tmp. Does anyone think that might have happened over the course of > > some months? Is there anything that can be done to distribute the use > > of the drive so the wear is even? > > > > I have been (and will continue) googling about this - but I haven't > > come up with much except tutorials of how to get started. > > > > Thanks. > > > > -- http://www.therecycledteenager.blogspot.com/ Leave the Windoze closed :-)) But K-eep L-ocktite R-eady