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===Sticks are dieing a lot - Make sticks more robust=== | ===Sticks are dieing a lot - Make sticks more robust=== | ||
We don't know the root cause but we have plenty of theories. | |||
====We need a more robust files system=== | |||
Fedora uses Squashfs file structure [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SquashFS] for their live USBs. This is optimized for size not robustness. | Fedora uses Squashfs file structure [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SquashFS] for their live USBs. This is optimized for size not robustness. | ||
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A 2 GB USB is about $.60 more then a 1GB stick. If we need to compress less to get robustness its ok for us to require a 2GB USB. | A 2 GB USB is about $.60 more then a 1GB stick. If we need to compress less to get robustness its ok for us to require a 2GB USB. | ||
====Sticks are damaged during formatting or burning== | |||
http://wiki.laptop.org/go/How_to_Damage_a_FLASH_Storage_Device [[http://wiki.laptop.org/go/How_to_Damage_a_FLASH_Storage_Device]] | |||
====Sticks are of poor quality==== | |||
Here is an explanation of two processes used to create USB sticks: http://www.solutiongrove.com/blogger/2008/09/08/there-are-two-type-of-usb-flash-memory-slc-and-mlc [[http://www.solutiongrove.com/blogger/2008/09/08/there-are-two-type-of-usb-flash-memory-slc-and-mlc]] | |||
====Sticks are being improperly removed==== | |||
Yes they are, but its not at all clear to me that that correlates with the sticks that are failing. | |||
===Backup and recovery==== | ===Backup and recovery==== | ||