[DuoList] Re: Update on my PB2400c CompactFlash boot

[Mark Geary]

On Dec 15, 2005, at 10:36 AM, "Bill Kern" <wkern at nycap.rr.com> wrote:

> when you set the card up you create multiple small partitions for your 
> VM,
> so you can switch to the next when a partition 'wears out'

This shouldn't be necessary. Flash memories do what's called 
"wear-leveling". Every time a block is written to a flash memory, the 
logical block is written to a different physical block. This is all 
done inside the flash device, your computer doesn't need to know 
anything about it.

Mark Geary