On 3/5/06, Peter Kwan <peterkwan@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> It has been said that installing a swap partition on a compact flash card
> (cf card) will shorten its useful life substantially.
>
> With "life-long" guarantee of modern cf cards, does the above statement
> still holds. Indeed, what are the grounds for the above statement?
> Naturally, this seems also affect one's choice in using a mirco-drive or =
a
> cf card if a swap partition is necessary. Much obliged if someone could
> enlighten me in this "hardware" area. Thanks.

I made the decision based on the price of the card. It's not that
much. I've been using a swap partition on my CF card since I got it.
It's probably got 40 or 50 hours of use on it, with no problems. I
don't care if it shortens life, in other words.

Andy