[Soekris] what type of sandisk cf

[Lyle Scott III]

On Thu, Jul 24, 2008 at 5:26 PM, Steve Clark <sclark at netwolves.com> wrote:

> Hello,
>
> What kind of Sandisk CF have users found to be reliable using as a SSD
> replacement.
>
> I am currently experimenting with a Transcend TS4GCF266 CF (~$40.00) that
> is fast 233x and claims
> to have built in wear leveling. So far other than having to so a soft
> reboot after a cold poweron
> boot it has worked flawlessly, with FreeBSD running our normal software.
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Steve
>

Honestly, any newer flash card will do and does great at wear leveling.  I
have experimented with various cards.... some being junk no name cards, and
can't really seem to tell any difference in any of them.  I mainly use the
standard SanDisk SDCFJ cards for nearly anything... a gig runs about 20$
online... which is more then enough for anything I do (NanoBSD.. see my
site..)

I have the various no name / have no clue of the name cards in production
working great, like I said.  I even log the crap out of stuff on 2 of the
boxes as an experiment... and all seems well after a month and a half.  I
have never really had a problem with any flash, so stick with SanDisk and
you should be -extra- fine...haha.  A little hint... you can get some good
"lot" deals on ebay if you go in on some with a friend.  I got 10 512
sandisk cards for 32$ once! hope this helps.. i'm sure others will chime in.

have a good one.. good to see some more FreeBSD users.



-- 
Lyle Scott, III
http://www.lylescott.ws
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