[plug] Linux on bootable USB memory key

[Chris Caston]

On Wed, 2005-07-13 at 14:55, Shayne O'Neill wrote:
> I'd exercise caution on that, because USB keys are a point of failure too.
> A NAND memory stick has about 100-200k write cycles and after that they
> will start malfunctioning. I'd assume if one dispensed of the file/cookie
> cache it wont be such a problem, but its worth keeping in mind that USB
> keys *do* wear out.


Any idea how many "read" cycles they generally support?
> 
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> On Wed, 13 Jul 2005, Chris Caston wrote:
> 
> > Hello,
> >
> > Has anyone installed Linux on a USB memory key before?
> >
> > How did you go about it and what distro/live cd did you use?
> >
> > The possible implementation I am thinking of only needs a firefox,
> > thunderbird and rdesktop. Something like XFce should keep the interface
> > simple enough.
> >
> > Having the live CD in the drive is a bit noisy and that is why I would
> > prefer to use a bootable usb thumb drive.
> >
> > I don't want to use a harddrive because they are a point of failure.
> >
> > regards,
> >
> > Chris
> >
> >
> >
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