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Re: Are Pi Zeros more fussy about SD cards than other Pis?

From Chris Green <cl@isbd.net>
Newsgroups comp.sys.raspberry-pi
Subject Re: Are Pi Zeros more fussy about SD cards than other Pis?
Date 2026-08-05 12:45 +0100
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Ian <${send-direct-email-to-news1021-at-jusme-dot-com-if-you-must}@jusme.com> wrote:
> On 2026-08-04, Chris Green <cl@isbd.net> wrote:
> > Ian <${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.
> 
> Absolutely not :)
> 
> It's not a general-purpose computer, it's a device that runs a single program
> (wot I wrote), and it isn't going to change, ever. Yes, figuring out how to
> get things like wifi and sshd to run took a few iterations, but now that's a
> solved problem.
> 
Ah, that's a bit different from my situation, I need a familiar OS on
the system in question.

-- 
Chris Green
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Are Pi Zeros more fussy about SD cards than other Pis? Chris Green <cl@isbd.net> - 2026-08-03 15:45 +0100
  Re: Are Pi Zeros more fussy about SD cards than other Pis? John R Walliker <jrwalliker@gmail.com> - 2026-08-03 18:05 +0100
    Re: Are Pi Zeros more fussy about SD cards than other Pis? Theo <theom+news@chiark.greenend.org.uk> - 2026-08-03 18:23 +0100
    Re: Are Pi Zeros more fussy about SD cards than other Pis? "s|b" <me@privacy.invalid> - 2026-08-03 22:48 +0200
  Re: Are Pi Zeros more fussy about SD cards than other Pis? The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-08-03 18:29 +0100
    Re: Are Pi Zeros more fussy about SD cards than other Pis? "s|b" <me@privacy.invalid> - 2026-08-03 22:48 +0200
      Re: Are Pi Zeros more fussy about SD cards than other Pis? Chris Green <cl@isbd.net> - 2026-08-04 10:15 +0100
        Re: Are Pi Zeros more fussy about SD cards than other Pis? The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-08-04 11:10 +0100
        Re: Are Pi Zeros more fussy about SD cards than other Pis? Ian <${send-direct-email-to-news1021-at-jusme-dot-com-if-you-must}@jusme.com> - 2026-08-04 11:23 +0000
          Re: Are Pi Zeros more fussy about SD cards than other Pis? Chris Green <cl@isbd.net> - 2026-08-04 17:53 +0100
            Re: Are Pi Zeros more fussy about SD cards than other Pis? Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-08-05 00:46 +0000
            Re: Are Pi Zeros more fussy about SD cards than other Pis? Ian <${send-direct-email-to-news1021-at-jusme-dot-com-if-you-must}@jusme.com> - 2026-08-05 08:30 +0000
              Re: Are Pi Zeros more fussy about SD cards than other Pis? The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-08-05 11:37 +0100
              Re: Are Pi Zeros more fussy about SD cards than other Pis? Chris Green <cl@isbd.net> - 2026-08-05 12:45 +0100
                Re: Are Pi Zeros more fussy about SD cards than other Pis? The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-08-05 13:22 +0100
        Re: Are Pi Zeros more fussy about SD cards than other Pis? "s|b" <me@privacy.invalid> - 2026-08-04 14:56 +0200
          Re: Are Pi Zeros more fussy about SD cards than other Pis? [OT] "s|b" <me@privacy.invalid> - 2026-08-04 15:09 +0200
            Re: Are Pi Zeros more fussy about SD cards than other Pis? [OT] The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-08-04 15:11 +0100
              Re: Are Pi Zeros more fussy about SD cards than other Pis? [OT] "s|b" <me@privacy.invalid> - 2026-08-05 20:25 +0200
            Re: Are Pi Zeros more fussy about SD cards than other Pis? [OT] Chris Green <cl@isbd.net> - 2026-08-04 17:55 +0100
              Re: Are Pi Zeros more fussy about SD cards than other Pis? [OT] Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2026-08-04 18:08 +0100
              Re: Are Pi Zeros more fussy about SD cards than other Pis? [OT] "s|b" <me@privacy.invalid> - 2026-08-05 19:50 +0200
          Re: Are Pi Zeros more fussy about SD cards than other Pis? The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-08-04 15:10 +0100
        Re: Are Pi Zeros more fussy about SD cards than other Pis? druck <news@druck.org.uk> - 2026-08-08 00:29 +0100
          Re: Are Pi Zeros more fussy about SD cards than other Pis? Chris Green <cl@isbd.net> - 2026-08-08 08:59 +0100
            Re: Are Pi Zeros more fussy about SD cards than other Pis? The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-08-08 12:27 +0100
            Re: Are Pi Zeros more fussy about SD cards than other Pis? druck <news@druck.org.uk> - 2026-08-10 19:06 +0100
              Re: Are Pi Zeros more fussy about SD cards than other Pis? The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-08-10 19:21 +0100
              Re: Are Pi Zeros more fussy about SD cards than other Pis? Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-08-11 00:03 +0000
                Re: Are Pi Zeros more fussy about SD cards than other Pis? Jim Jackson <jj@franjam.org.uk> - 2026-08-11 07:33 +0000
                Re: Are Pi Zeros more fussy about SD cards than other Pis? Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-08-12 01:25 +0000
                Re: Are Pi Zeros more fussy about SD cards than other Pis? Jim Jackson <jj@franjam.org.uk> - 2026-08-13 16:55 +0000
                Re: Are Pi Zeros more fussy about SD cards than other Pis? Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-08-13 23:29 +0000
          Re: Are Pi Zeros more fussy about SD cards than other Pis? The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-08-08 12:25 +0100
  Re: Are Pi Zeros more fussy about SD cards than other Pis? Stephan Elinghaus <seli@spamgourmet.com> - 2026-08-11 12:49 +0000

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