Slackware -current installed in an eMMC drive - which are the best ways and your recommendations for avoiding the wearing of eMMC?
by ZhaoLin1457 from LinuxQuestions.org on (#509RX)
Hi, guys!
Recently I bought a mini-PC model MinisForum Z83-F which is the size of those Android boxes sold for TVs - it is really small and it have the following hardware:
CPU: Intel Atom x4 Z8350 at 1,92GHz with TDP of 2W
Memory: 4GB DDR3 1066 MHz
Storage: 64GB eMMC soldered on board and a standard SDCARD slot
2x USB 2.0 ports
1x USB 3.0 port
HDMI & VGA outputs
Headphone output
Today, using an USB 3.0 enclosure which hosts an 7200 RPM drive for laptops, it run the -current quite fine and "snappy", and by -current I understand a full install of it, and the desktop of choice was KDE4.
I said "was" because on last weekend I switched to latest Plasma5 build published by Mr. Hameleers. Which Plasma5 is quite responsive and usable for this 2W TDP processor.
However, this usage of -current from the USB drive was intended to be for experiments, with the intention to install finally the Slackware on its internal eMMC drive, which now hosts Windows 10 Pro build 1809.
How I am very satisfied about how -current works on this hardware and everything works fine, I think that is time to install Slackware -current for real in this little beast.
I have no issues about the installer's working, because I am quite fine to use the hard way and to transfer the operating system from the USB drive to internal one using rsync, then (re)configuring it by hand.
BUT, there is this eMMC drive, which is quite satisfactory as size with its 64GB and speed - from my tests its support 160MB/s read and 95MB/s as write.
Still, I heard that the eMMC drives does not have the endurance of a SSD and it wears faster.
How it is soldered on board, I want to prolong its life as much I can, and there I ask about your suggestions.
Then, as the thread title says, which are the best ways and your recommendations for avoiding the wearing of eMMC and to prolong their life span?
Recently I bought a mini-PC model MinisForum Z83-F which is the size of those Android boxes sold for TVs - it is really small and it have the following hardware:
CPU: Intel Atom x4 Z8350 at 1,92GHz with TDP of 2W
Memory: 4GB DDR3 1066 MHz
Storage: 64GB eMMC soldered on board and a standard SDCARD slot
2x USB 2.0 ports
1x USB 3.0 port
HDMI & VGA outputs
Headphone output
Today, using an USB 3.0 enclosure which hosts an 7200 RPM drive for laptops, it run the -current quite fine and "snappy", and by -current I understand a full install of it, and the desktop of choice was KDE4.
I said "was" because on last weekend I switched to latest Plasma5 build published by Mr. Hameleers. Which Plasma5 is quite responsive and usable for this 2W TDP processor.
However, this usage of -current from the USB drive was intended to be for experiments, with the intention to install finally the Slackware on its internal eMMC drive, which now hosts Windows 10 Pro build 1809.
How I am very satisfied about how -current works on this hardware and everything works fine, I think that is time to install Slackware -current for real in this little beast.
I have no issues about the installer's working, because I am quite fine to use the hard way and to transfer the operating system from the USB drive to internal one using rsync, then (re)configuring it by hand.
BUT, there is this eMMC drive, which is quite satisfactory as size with its 64GB and speed - from my tests its support 160MB/s read and 95MB/s as write.
Still, I heard that the eMMC drives does not have the endurance of a SSD and it wears faster.
How it is soldered on board, I want to prolong its life as much I can, and there I ask about your suggestions.
Then, as the thread title says, which are the best ways and your recommendations for avoiding the wearing of eMMC and to prolong their life span?