I have been running a test pi 128gb SD .running for 3 months. No issues with constant abuse... My linbpq pi been running same sd for 6... -----Original Message----- From: "Demetre SV1UY" &lt;demetre.sv1uy(a)gmail.com&gt; Sent: ‎10/‎22/‎2013 5:40 PM To: "AMPRNet working group" &lt;44net(a)hamradio.ucsd.edu&gt; Subject: Re: [44net] Raspberry Pi (Please trim inclusions from previous messages) _______________________________________________ Hi all, If we are to use an external harddrive and an external USB Hub, why not get a mini-ITX MBO powered with 12V and a small mini-ITX box? This way we can have a decent CPU which is also low power in electricity not low in computing power (about 30 watts total). I think the RPi is only good in portable apps, but then again the SD Card is a major handicap. It could be good for applications that are not 24/7/365, such as an event where an AMPRnet GATEWAY is desired only for a few hours or maybe a few days max. If you operate the SD Card for more than a few days, it might get destroyed from the constant write of log files, updating databases etc. Can we have a system with no writting on the disk all the time? I'm not sure. 73 de Demetre SV1UY On Wed, Oct 23, 2013 at 12:26 AM, K7VE - John &lt;k7ve(a)k7ve.org&gt; wrote: > (Please trim inclusions from previous messages) > _______________________________________________ > Yes, the Pi boots from the SD, but one can put files on an attached drive, > especially swap, database, and logs. With a little configuration one could > probably put everything except the boot configuration on an external drive > and never write to the SD. > > > ------------------------------ > John D. Hays > K7VE > PO Box 1223, Edmonds, WA 98020-1223 > <http://k7ve.org/blog> <http://twitter.com/#!/john_hays> > <http://www.facebook.com/john.d.hays> > > > On Tue, Oct 22, 2013 at 12:05 PM, &lt;sp2lob(a)tlen.pl&gt; wrote: > >> (Please trim inclusions from previous messages) >> ______________________________**_________________ >> SD card is the _must_ for Pi to boot... >> To my knowledge - there is no other choice. >> >> Best regards. >> Tom - sp2lob >> >> ______________________________**___________ >> 44Net mailing list >> 44Net(a)hamradio.ucsd.edu >> http://hamradio.ucsd.edu/**mailman/listinfo/44net<http://hamradio.ucsd.e… >> http://www.ampr.org/donate.**html <http://www.ampr.org/donate.html> >> >