Compact Flash Reliability Embeded System

[Jörn Engel]

On Fri, 8 November 2002 19:47:21 +0100, Asier Santamaria wrote:
> 
> I've read something about the Compact Flash reliability problems on an
> embedded system. I'm developing an embedded system running Linux and I was
> thinking to use a Compact Flash as storage drive. But I read that Compact
> Flash is not the most reliable storage system, that you can have problems
> during the power failure or bad shutting down of the system (usual on an
> embedded system), that the CF can death.
> Anyone has more information about that?

Try http://www.linux-mtd.infradead.org/tech/nand.html

Jörn

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