Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 4 Feb 2003 12:24:06 +0100 | From | Pavel Machek <> | Subject | Re: Compactflash cards dying? |
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Hi!
> > Ouch... I can't imageine how even VFAT would work on something not > > 8-bit-clean. I doubt FAT only uses 7bits... > > So use a pseudo-file-system which lets you store 8-bit data on such a > device storing only 7-bit data. > > It's no less sensible than taking a real flash device and hacking up a > pseudo-file-system which makes it pretend to be a block device, then > using a 'normal' file system on top of that. > > It's just a shame that CF doesn't generally give you real access to the > underlying flash and let you use a real file system designed for the > purpose rather than its silly 'translation layer' :)
Well, if their translation layer at least *worked*, I'd be happy with it.
Unfortunately one error per 50MB is not acceptable...
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