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Ian <${send-direct-email-to-news1021-at-jusme-dot-com-if-you-must}@jusme.com>
wrote:
> On 2026-08-04, Chris Green <
cl@isbd.net> wrote:
> > s|b <
me@privacy.invalid> wrote:
> >> On Mon, 3 Aug 2026 18:29:55 +0100, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
> >>
> >> > in the true `if i wanted to go there i wouldn`t be starting from here`
> >> > tradition if its a 2W why not send its data to somewhere more
> >> > interesting and secure?
> >> >
> >> > My Pi zero W never writes to its SD car at all unless i change
> >> > configurations,. Everything that writes is either stopped from writing
> >> > or writes to ram discs.
> >> >
> >> > Some SD cards are better than others, I am not interested in finding out
> >> > which
> >>
> >> This is helpful.
> >>
> > What would be more helpful would be some guidance on how to implement
> > it! :-)
> >
> > E.g. how do you stop systemd`s logging from writing to `hard` disk?
> > It would need a **lot** of reconfiguration before it would use a
> > reasonable amount of space such as is available on a RAM drive.
> >
> > Maybe there are versions of the OS that are optimised for minimal disk
> > writing, if so I`d like to know about them.
>
> Wot I do:
>
> Replace /sbin/init with a shell script that sets up the minimal necessary
So you don`t run systemd? While that may be a `good idea` in some ways
it does require a **lot** of customisation.
... and current stable Debian is 13, I don`t think I want to go back
as far as you are! :-)
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Chris Green
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