From owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Dec 14 01:51:21 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D7EA316A41F for ; Wed, 14 Dec 2005 01:51:21 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from woh@vault-tec.de) Received: from athen022.server4you.de (athen022.server4you.de [217.172.180.22]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3F75543D55 for ; Wed, 14 Dec 2005 01:51:20 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from woh@vault-tec.de) Received: from [10.0.1.9] (p5493DC39.dip.t-dialin.net [84.147.220.57]) (authenticated bits=0) by athen022.server4you.de (8.13.1/8.13.1/SuSE Linux 0.7) with ESMTP id jBE1pEPx031243; Wed, 14 Dec 2005 02:51:17 +0100 Message-ID: <439F7AF3.7000709@vault-tec.de> Date: Wed, 14 Dec 2005 02:52:51 +0100 From: Wolfram Huesken User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.7 (X11/20051209) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Alexandre DELAY References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: HDD X-BeenThere: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion of FreeBSD hardware List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 14 Dec 2005 01:51:22 -0000 You could mount the filesystem as read-only and use a ramdisk for the partitions that need write access like /tmp or /var. You also would prevent your CF-Card from damage because you cannot perform unlimited io operations on that card. I've already tested this with a kind of embedded appliance that acts as a router. - Wolfram Alexandre DELAY wrote: >he he! >nice answer! > >The fact is that it is not exactly my question. >You think it is normal that nowdays we are limited by this hardware??? > >hdds are more than 50 years old!! >It has been invented in 1953 by some guy at IBM. > > > >>-----Message d'origine----- >>De : owner-freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org >>[mailto:owner-freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org]De la part de Gayn Winters >>Envoye : mardi 13 decembre 2005 19:43 >>A : 'Alexandre DELAY'; freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org >>Objet : RE: HDD >> >> >> >> >>>-----Original Message----- >>>From: owner-freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org >>>[mailto:owner-freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org] On Behalf Of >>>Alexandre DELAY >>>Sent: Tuesday, December 13, 2005 9:39 AM >>>To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org >>>Subject: HDD >>> >>> >>>Hi guys, >>> >>>I would like to know what you think of hard drive disk running under >>>FreeBSD. The fact is that it is quite difficult to keep it working >>>with "hard power off". I added a small fsck_enable="YES" in my rc.conf >>> >>> >>file, >> >> >>>but my system keeps have some trouble when the power fails. >>> >>>Is there a way to make FreeBSD running very well with power failure? >>>I thought of Compact flash cards as system disk. Do you think >>>it would make the system more stable with power failure? >>> >>> >>Use a UPS. >> >>-gayn >> >>Bristol Systems Inc. >>714/532-6776 >>www.bristolsystems.com >> >> >>_______________________________________________ >>freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org mailing list >>http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hardware >>To unsubscribe, send any mail to >>"freebsd-hardware-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >> >> >> >_______________________________________________ >freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org mailing list >http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hardware >To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-hardware-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > > >