replacing a hard drive with a cf card

[pengyou]

I have put a post on here somewhere but can't find it. It concerned replaced a hard drive with 2 cf cards in a notebook and installing linux on the cf card.

The concern was that cf cards have a limited life interms of the number of reads or writes.

Is there some way to install linux so that all of the static files go on one of the cf cards and all of the dynamic (changeable) files go on the second cf card?

The purpose of this is to confine the volatility to one card...and I can change that care regularly while keeping a relatively stable "OS" card

[danvds3]

It is not advised to install linux on a CF card, the best option is on the hard-drive. If you want to transport your OS around a lot on different computers, use a live CD and a memory stick. If you want to install programs, you can use certain distros of linux such as damn small linux to install linux on a memory stick, which is much more suitable rather than a CF card.

To be honest, if you are using work pc's etc, i advise you just use whatever they give you, don't get too obsessed.

to actually answer you question, linux as you will know can be installed in certain hda's and under certain sections such as / or /home etc. I've never tried doing this on a memory card or usb pen drive, but there is probably software that allows you to install linux on other devices rather than a hard drive. You'll have to research more deeply for something like this.