[Soekris] CF devices as swap?

[Jussi Peltola]

On Tue, Mar 04, 2008 at 05:36:37PM +1100, Malcolm Herbert wrote:
> I've recently re-discovered the CF disk that came with my net4801 and
> was wondering what use it would be as a swap device ... I'm aware of
> the fact that CF media doesn't last indefinately, but I'd be interested
> in hearing whether others had tried this and how long it lasted before
> giving problems ... 
> 
> unfortunately swap problems are generally fatal, so I may just decide
> to stick with swap on the attached HDD ... 

I have been using an MMC for swap in a Nokia 770 for almost two years
without trouble, and the N810 I got yesterday has an internal SD card
with swap. I think it is fine unless you thrash the swap constantly,
which will be awfully slow anyway.

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Jussi Peltolac