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Date:      Fri, 12 Dec 2003 08:49:05 -0500 (EST)
From:      Francisco Reyes <lists@natserv.com>
To:        FreeBSD Chat List <freebsd-chat@freebsd.org>
Subject:   CF cards wear out?
Message-ID:  <20031212084643.F10569@zoraida.natserv.net>

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Not related directly to FreeBSD so figure chat would be more appropriate.

Recently I got recommendations on this list the Soekris machines and
M0n0wall for a firewall. On the M0n0Wall archives I found the following:


>nothing is written to the CF card (it is usually mounted read-only), to
>minimize the chance of wearing it out.

Do CF cards "wear out"? Aren't they like memory?



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