Re: [Sheflug] Choice of Laptop

[Richard Ibbotson <richard@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Adam

> I was under the impression that flash-type drives (like camera cards and
> USB keys) weren't suitable as a substitute for hard drives because of
> the limited read-and-write life.  Is that no longer the case, or is this
> drive something different?

Can't give you a correct and proper answer in the way that I should but I can 
tell you that I've used countless numbers of compact flash cards to run 
OpenBSD and Linux.  For example...

https://kd85.com/soekris.html

using this hardware you can use either a laptop hard drive or a CF card.   
Such as the one that a Nikon or Canon camera might use.   I've never had a 
problem running an operating system on that kind of hardware.  In a similar 
way, I would be amazed if the EeePC ever hiccuped once.   Well, maybe if 
there was a virus or worm in there ;)  (of course, no one has ever seen a 
virus on Linux (much smugness)).


-- 
Richard

(scanned with Clamav both ways just in case I didn't brush my teeth properly)

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