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Topic: Autoconfigure devices @ Startup!? (Newbie), Can configuration of devices be saved?

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blacker

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Posted: Sep. 28 2004,14:02

Thanks for your concern but the M-Systems FLASH iDOC has the "whereleveling" feature build-in to movearound the data. So if a write 10Mbyte/day it would last 100 years or so.

cbagger01

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Posted: Sep. 28 2004,16:15

Don't think in terms of MB saved / day.

Instead, think of data that is written and then overwritten many times.

For example, your swap file / swap partition could overwrite itself doing several GB of writing in less than an hour if you are running many programs at the same time or if you are running a few large programs that require lots of ram.

Also, your web browser cache can do several hundred MB of overwrites in a day of heavy web browsing.

Frugal is the best choice. Hard drive install with no swap partition is better. Hard drive with no swap partition and no web browser cache is also an improvement.

But an hd install is OK if you accept the risks and don't mind replacing your device when it dies.

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