rick moen hfvolinuxmafiacom quoting ajh ejwdevfoonet flash memory finite number writes block memory high number days hundreds thousands could run problems used swap might point _any_ time datum 512 byte sector stored flash drive needs get written reason including say updating atime sector gets put erasewrite cycle drive tend wear lot sooner might expect depending usage model mounting noatime help starters filesystems thats option swap would reason worst application flash think tue 05 aug 2008 185141 0700 ilug via epia server