Compact Flash Image Size
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I have a bad habit of flashing smaller images to CF cards with the Nano images. Is it harmful to flash a 1 GB image onto a 4GB card?
I know it works as I do it alot in testing but does it mess with the disk controller or is it just 3GB of empty disk space? I have 16GB SSD in some of my laptops and try and save disk space by using the smaller image.
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@Phishfry:
Is it harmful to flash a 1 GB image onto a 4GB card?
No, and can be better because of wear leveling.
https://doc.pfsense.org/index.php/What_are_the_512M,_1G,_2G,_and_4G_NanoBSD_files