[CentOS] Via Eden
chrism at imntv.com
chrism at imntv.com
Wed Mar 21 23:15:46 UTC 2007
John Summerfield wrote:
> chrism at imntv.com wrote:
>> John Summerfield wrote:
>>> chrism at imntv.com wrote:
>>>> I've been thinking of using one of these for a home theater head unit.
>>>>
>>>> http://www.logicsupply.com/product_info.php/products_id/696
>>>>
>>>> Was planning to configure it with the following:
>>>>
>>>> Dual 4gig compact flash cards w/IDE adapters (about $50/each)
>>>> Re-use old 3Ware dual port IDE card to make this a bootable RAID0
>>>> array (for speed)
>>>
>>> Track down ipcop. It's a firewall package, and I believe there is
>>> advice about using CF as disk.
>>>
>>> I think there's a limit to how many times you can write to it, and
>>> it might bite you.
>>>
>>> I prefer the idea of a notepad drive; faster and more duable.
>>>
>>
>> Limited writes isn't an issue here since the only writes to the media
>> will be the OS, applications, and occasional updates. The media store
>
> Directories? Where are /var/{tmp,run,lock} /tmp?
>
>> is on a separate machine. /var and swap are on the notebook drive.
>> The idea is to use the flash so that it wakes up relatively quickly,
>> makes little noise, and generates little heat.
>
Can you not read? The answer was in the message you quoted.
> Don't assume, do your research.
>
> btw Don't assume that flash is faster than a real drive.
>
>>
Now you're just being argumentative. Are we done here or did you have
some additional irrelevant comments to make?
Best regards,
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