Installation on a flash module

October 25th, 2012

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  • October 25, 2012 at 05:32 #5078

    fma
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    Hi,

    I would like to know if there is a special procedure to install geeXbox 3 on a flash module, in order to limit write access?

    My module is seen as a standard HDD (no TRIM feature)…

    Thanks.

    PS: is there a huge benefit to install a amd64 version on a Athlon 64 X2 proc, or is a i386 version enough? I have often read that i386 versions (not only for geeXboX) are more stable…

    October 25, 2012 at 10:15 #5085

    tomlohave
    Key Master

    better to use native build for your cpu …

    regarding your disk, boot with “elevator=noop” ?

    that’s the default option for panda on sd-card

    October 25, 2012 at 10:41 #5087

    fma
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    What is elevator=noop option for?

    October 25, 2012 at 11:12 #5088

    tomlohave
    Key Master

    http://doc.opensuse.org/products/draft/SLES/SLES-tuning_sd_draft/cha.tuning.io.html

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noop_scheduler

    http://blog.nashcom.de/nashcomblog.nsf/dx/linux-io-performance-tweek.htm

    October 26, 2012 at 01:27 #5093

    fma
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    As far as I understand, this will boost up I/O access, but I didn’t read anything about limiting unecessary write access…

    I was more thinking about a solution like for booting from USB key, but I don’t know if it will work with the automatic installer (as my flash module is not USB).

    How can I achieve the same kind of installation manually?

    October 27, 2012 at 12:42 #5107

    tomlohave
    Key Master

    hum, one solution is maybe external-ersistent …..

    mount disk on initrd, read , data, umount it, store the system in ram, store data on disk when shutting down the system

    it was used for ntfs partitons , but why not for you ?

    Contact me via mail for this. it need a little efforts

    BR

    Tom

    October 28, 2012 at 06:03 #5119

    fma
    Subscriber

    Mmm, I don’t like the fact that you write back persistent data only when shuting down. This means that you loose everything when you have to reset system (which occurs often, I will open a new thread soon).

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