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\"\"<\/a>From: linux – How to correctly partition usb flash drive and which filesystem to choose considering wear leveling? – Super User <\/a><\/em>an useful little change to fstab for usb sticks or SD attached to your ARM boards, like Raspberries or Inforce 6410:<\/p>\n

Also, in your fstab, be sure to use the mount option “noatime” to avoid unnecessary writes every time a file is accessed.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

As normal settings usually tend to wear out the flash relatively fast.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

From: linux – How to correctly partition usb flash drive and which filesystem to choose considering wear leveling? – Super User an useful little change to fstab for usb sticks or SD attached to your ARM boards, like Raspberries or Inforce 6410: Also, in your fstab, be sure to use the mount option “noatime” to…<\/p>\n

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