>> Getting it going with files in a different location is encouraging. [...=
]
>=20
> I guess I don't understand how a different location can have any
> effect, given that the FTL maps that location to some other location
> after every write, or read disturb re-write.

The only thing I can put it down to is that some pathway in the first
laying down of the files and the blocks the FTL assigned them to
was weak. That was a new card which had been formatted just
twice before the first fail so it certainly wasn't excess writing on my
part. Whatever the FTL was doing during the time from format
(which appears to 'repair' the card) to fail will probably remain a
mystery. If you recall, that time seemed to be increasing (from 18
hours to > 50). I didn't expect that at all

All I can do is just let this current incarnation run. I should have
mentioned I didn't re-format the card this time, just added copies
of the files and access those. Elsewhere on the card is still what
was causing it to fail and make noises

Joe


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