I think that you will find that the pickle distro already does that. It has the typically 'volatile' files in a ram disk (like /var/log , /var/run, etc) for exactly that reason. JIM WB6NIL
Date: Sun, 20 Mar 2011 10:27:56 -0700 From: phil.n6tct@gmail.com To: app_rpt-users@ohnosec.org Subject: [App_rpt-users] Pickle linux, Beagleboard, and MicroSD flash longevity
I am building a remote, solar-powered, mountaintop repeater based around the BeagleBoard and app_rpt running the Pickle distribution. The mountaintop is not vehicle accessible and is a significant hike to get to -- oh, and it's an eight-hour drive from where I live just to get to the base of the mountain -- so we'd like to minimize equipment failures and resulting truck rolls. :-) Two questions for the group:
1. Does anyone have any experience with the longevity of the MicroSD flash memory card used on the Beagleboard with Pickle Linux? Flash memory has a limited number of write cycles and, although the flash cards include some wear leveling, I'm wondering what the implications are for flash card replacement. Obviously, this will depend on how much writing is being done, but any real-world data, experience, or anecdotes would be welcome.
2. Is there an easy way to set up a ram disk, even a small ram disk (a few megabytes), under Pickle? The majority of writing we're going to be doing will be log files, and we have a network connection from the mountaintop to civilization -- but the network connection is not guaranteed to be up all the time. If we could write to ram disk and then copy to civilization when the network is up, that would avoid having to write to flash at all.
Thanks!
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