CF cards wear out?

[Narvi]

On Fri, 12 Dec 2003, Matthew D. Fuller wrote:

> On Fri, Dec 12, 2003 at 05:13:11PM +0200 I heard the voice of
> Matthew West, and lo! it spake thus:
> >
> > If you're going to be using a system like the Soekris boards and your
> > project requires a media that you can do a lot of writes too, I would
> > recommend something like IBM's Microdrives.  You should be able to fit
> > these inside the Soekris chassis without a problem.  The NET4801 has a
> > Microdrive IDE connector on the board.
>
> Note, though, that Microdrives tend to have a really low advertised MTBF.
> I mean, _really_ low.  Like, maybe a year of constant running?
>

and don't get into the habit of dropping it. Its a small delicate thing.
in the 1gb range and cf crd sizes, cf cards are much better suited to most
tasks [obvious things like page device excepted].

>
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