* Peter vmail@mycircuit.org [20080914 01:25]:
I would like to install grml to a usb stick. (not as a live cd but as a hard disk install). Since this is flush memory, with limited write cycles, I wonder if I have to take special with some files or directories that might perform to a high number of write access. For example, I can not create a swap partition since this will rapidly ruin the stick. My question is: are there other files (for examples in the /dev /tmp /var dirs) that are written very frequently and that should be mapped for example to a tmpfs or ramdisk ?
/dev is already a tmpfs by default - so nothing to do.
Using a tmpfs for /tmp makes sense if you have enough RAM (I just love tmpfs for fast development stuff :)).
In /var usually /var/log is interesting, the rest depends on your usage pattern. ;)
Check out what laptop-mode-tools do, e.g. increasing the limit between syncs/flushes to your device is useful. Though do not underestimate nowadays usb sticks, the better ones have amazing live times. :)
regards, -mika-