Ben Neigebauer wrote:
> I wonder if it would make any sense, or save power maybe to use a PCMCIA
> flash card for logs and stuff. They are pretty cheap these days and the
> industrial grade ones have 1million write cycles. This way the hd can
> spin down even when those things keep going.

Ideally, put lots of RAM in a system and run the OS from the flash card.
no moving parts to go bad.  Would probably make the battery last longer
too.
-- 
scot

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