On 6/23/05, Eben King <eben1@tampabay.rr.com> wrote:
> On Thu, 23 Jun 2005, Chuck Hast wrote:
>
> > On 6/23/05, Mike Branda <mike@wackyworld.tv> wrote:
> > > On Thu, 2005-06-23 at 14:05 -0400, Craig Zeigler wrote:
> > >
> > > > As is my normal recommendation, order from Kingston. I know this may
> > > > label me as a brand whore, but I've had 0 difficulty with any of their
> > > > memory. Their online store is also quite inexpensive.
> > >
> > > The other thing that most people don't realize is their memory modules
> > > ( most if not all ) carry a lifetime warranty. A rep for Kingston made
> > > me aware of this fact.
> > >
> > > --snip from Kingston's site--
> > >
> > > Lifetime Warranty: The following Kingston products are covered by this
> > > warranty for life: Flash memory cards (e.g. CompactFlash,
> > > MultiMediaCard, Secure Digital, SmartMedia, ATA Flash, and Linear
> > > Flash); memory modules including ValueRAM TM and memory expansion-
> > > boards, networking adapters, hubs, switches, print servers and routers
> > > without cooling fans (excluding the power supply); IdentiGuard, Flash
> > > adapters and microprocessor upgrade products.
> >
> > Hmmmm, wonder what happens with the CF cards when you load a OS
> > on them and use them as a HD, but in the common way, i.e. read and
> > write to the thing rather than ramdisk??
>
> They wear out quickly.
>
> > Either they make some very good CF or there may be other fine print
> > somewhere...
>
> Probably this:
>
> ,--
> | KINGSTON TECHNOLOGY COMPANY, INC. ("Kingston") warrants that its products
> | are free from defects in material and workmanship.
> '--
>
> My guess is that if you tried to return one a few days after you'd bought
> it and they found out it was because you'd been using it as a swap device
> (or whatever), they would construe its early death as "as designed" and
> therefore not a defect.
>
> Besides, even if they replaced it no questions asked, CF's write rate is
> abysmal. You're better off spending the money on RAM than CF, and running
> with no swap and a RO filesystem. /etc and /var can go on a RAMdisk. /tmp
> can be tmpfs.
Yea, I am sure that they can tell that it was put through it's paces if used
as a HD which is being written too much too often for the lifetime of the
device.
What I want to do is build up a system that the OS resides in the CF but
when started up, like the CD systems it moves it into RAM, the reason I
want to use the CF is so I can go in make changes, besides reading a CF
card is a lot faster than reading a CD...
I have done DOS systems now I have to learn how to do Linux...
-- Chuck Hast To paraphrase my flight instructor; "the only dumb question is the one you DID NOT ask resulting in my going out and having to identify your bits and pieces in the midst of torn and twisted metal."----------------------------------------------------------------------- This list is provided as an unmoderated internet service by Networked Knowledge Systems (NKS). Views and opinions expressed in messages posted are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of NKS or any of its employees.
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