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On 5/25/06, James Mansion <james@wgold.demon.co.uk> wrote:

>
> Assume you have cron drive a flush once an hour and
> consider how long until a sector dies, even if the drive
> itself does no wear levelling at all (and I believe some
> do it internally).

I would be loathe to rely on a cron flush on a battery powered device.