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Douglas Mayne wrote:
> I have a Seagate HD similar to this:
> http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/...500_AA280_.jpg
>
> I plan on using this to hold the root and swap partitions (using an
> IDE->CF adapter). I ran a badblocks test on the drive, formatted, etc.
> with no issues. I am a bit concerned by the fine print warning, though. My
> drive shows the same warning as shown on the linked image (above),
> "Embedded Applications Only." What usage is this warning intended to
> prevent? In your opinion, is use as swap/root okay, or not?

Is that a CF card? Dunno how limited writes are on CF, but on some
Flash media they're a no-no. And turn off modtime tracking for
filesystems on there too.

If it's not, WTF is it?

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