On Thu, 2004-10-14 at 21:15, Brian Mury wrote: > > > 4. It's not designed for that purpose. > > > > Of course not, but we gotta try don't we? ;) > > This is flash RAM we're talking about? If so, you should be aware that > flash RAM has a limited life in terms of write/erase cycles. This is > usually a fairly high number, and most people will never reach it with a > USB memory device. Using it for swap would probably be a different > matter, especially if your machine is swapping a lot. You may find after > a while that you have dead flash RAM. > > Interesting point! It's just a standard USB 128MB stick. So I guess it would be flash RAM. It's not a hard drive of course. G
