Should work, I've only ever done an Ubuntu install to a flash drive: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/LiveUsbPendrivePersistent
The steps are fairly consistent for most distributions. Some drawbacks: USB 2 is about 30MB/sec maxed out, most modern hard drives will get near 100MB/sec in ideal circumstances so you might notice slower boot ups. I put Rivendell on a Raspberry Pi with a crappy old SD card and it wasn't that bad (in terms of boot up/loading stuff) but I noticed a big improvement by investing in a more modern 45MB/sec rated card. USB pen drives also generally have quite low write wear rates before the flash dies, its not a problem I've ever noticed over the years but I suppose if there is constant writes to the drive you might eventually burn out part of it. Having said that its probably not much less reliable than normal drives. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] on behalf of Nathan Steele Sent: Thu 11/10/2012 19:22 To: Rivendell Mailing List Subject: [RDD] Broadcast appliance to usb flash drive? Would it be possible to make a diskless machine that boots broadcast appliance from a usb flash drive? I have a machine that runs Airplay, but the soundcard and /var/snd are on the server, so I don't need a ton of storage or noisy disks....can I just use the standard install disk? pointers, or why would not want to do this? Thanks -- Nathaniel C. Steele Assistant Chief Engineer/Technical Director WTRM-FM / TheCrossFM _______________________________________________ Rivendell-dev mailing list [email protected] http://lists.rivendellaudio.org/mailman/listinfo/rivendell-dev ####################### Scanned by MailMarshal ####################### ############ Attention: The information contained in this message is confidential and intended for the addressee(s) only. If you have received this message in error or there are any problems, please notify the originator immediately. The unauthorised use, disclosure, copying or alteration of this message is strictly forbidden. Christian Vision or any of its subsidiaries will not be liable for direct, special, indirect or consequential damages arising from alteration of the contents of this message by a third party or as a result of any virus being passed on. Please note that we reserve the right to monitor and read any e-mails sent or received by the company under the Telecommunications (Lawful Business Practice) (Interception of Communications) Regulation 2000. Christian Vision is registered in England as a limited company 2842414 and as a charity 1031031 ############
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