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From: The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid>
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Subject: Re: F2FS On USB Sticks?
Date: Sat, 29 Mar 2025 13:47:44 +0000
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On 29/03/2025 00:00, c186282 wrote:
> On 3/28/25 7:18 PM, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
>> On 28/03/2025 13:49, Carlos E.R. wrote:
>>> sticks and cards do not have wear levelling.
>> R U sure about that?
> 
> . . .
> 
>    According to the (de-facto ad) from here :
> 
>    https://www.delkin.com/blog/wear-leveling-usb-flash-drive-basics/
> 
>    Most thumb drives do not use leveling, instead it's mostly in
>    SSDs and such. However 'industrial' thumb drives - at least
>    this corps - DO employ on-chip-controlled leveling algos.
> 
blah blah 'not all usb sticks use wear levelling BUT OURS DOES' is 
hardly authoritative..:-)

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