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Old 08-14-2005, 08:31 PM   #3
tdb30_
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I will be installing 512MB of ram. I don't plan on a swap file. I heard you can mount a drive with noatime as a parameter to avoid it writing to the flash every time a file is accessed. DSL from what I hear runs totaly in a ramdisk so that should help extend the life.

However, I'm new to DSL and I'm having issues on how I would add new software to the distribution.

Do you think I should go with a straight install instead of having it run in ramdisk? Do you think the noatime option as well as not having a swap file will be sufficient for 5 to 10 years of life in the stick?
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