RE: [iPAQ] /etc

Hello Bill;

> how deadly to flash would it be if we made /etc a link to
> /usr/local/etc
> rather than in the ramfs? or perhaps just have a state saved in
> /usr/local/etc
> and cp-ed to the ramfs on boot?

It would be very hard on the flash, you only get 100,000 writes per sector
and each sector is 256KB, so every time the kernel updates a file in /etc
like mtab, that would be a write.

 Just wondering. guess I
> could do this
> on
> my own, i just thought it might help untill power management is usable
> to
> leave the system on for longer periods of time.

The DRAM power drain in negligible compared to other things, I would not
worry about it.

Best Regards,

--George
Received on Wed Sep 27 12:34:35 2000