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. Don't assume, do your research. btw Don't assume that flash is faster than a real drive. > >> >>> Cheap 2.5" 20gig drive for swap and /var partitions >> >> A drive that small is likely slower than newer ones. >> > > Which doesn't matter since it is only going to be used for /var and swap. > > Cheers, > > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > -- Cheers John -- spambait 1aaaaaaa at coco.merseine.nu Z1aaaaaaa at coco.merseine.nu Please do not reply off-list