[alister]

> use a machine that has an ssd -- a bad or corrupted sd card will drive you bonkers

I've seen this said many times, and it matches my experience as well. But why should an SSD be more reliable than an SD card when the underlying technology (flash memory) is identical? Or is it not identical? Or it is due to the more sophisticated controller of an SSD?

[voidmain0001]

I believe the comment was referring to running Pi-Hole on something other than a RaspberryPi since they are known for SD file system corruption. It has happened to my Pi-Hole and music server running on separate R-Pis. https://hackaday.com/2022/03/09/raspberry-pi-and-the-story-o... Use a throwaway PC that you have kicking around, or run it virtualized...

[valbaca]

SD cards are the storage equivalent of writing on a one-ply sheet of toilet paper. Nowhere near identical to SSDs