be faster because of no seek time.
On 2014-04-24 19:49, AZ Pete wrote:
Any sites that explain how to install Linux to a USB drive such that
the system would view it as a hard drive?
Any x86 from the last 5 years will be able to boot from a USB disk. USB
disks all look like SCSI disks
lots of them laying around in
sizes ranging from 1Gb to 16Gb.
Any sites that explain how to install Linux to a USB drive such that the
system
would view it as a hard drive?
Thanks!
Peter
On 4/24/2014 4:58 PM, Stephen Partington wrote:
There are a few ways to do this, from installing
in
sizes ranging from 1Gb to 16Gb.
Any sites that explain how to install Linux to a USB drive such that the
system would view it as a hard drive?
Thanks!
Peter
On 4/24/2014 4:58 PM, Stephen Partington wrote:
There are a few ways to do this, from installing to the USB as if it
were a hard
Actually, for a single erase block on a thumb drive, its lifetime in
Erase/Program cycles is more in the range of 100 to 3,000.
Let me back up a bit and explain the structure and technology of flash.
There are 2 kinds of flash (well, becoming 3 - I've not been watching
TLC): SLC and MLC. MLC
I shut of swap/virt mem on SSD's anyhow. then again i also put a large ish
amount of memory in those machines for that purpose.
Good read however. It explains some issues with gaming from an SSD and the
issues inherent with it. and why it works better as an OS drive than game
install drive.
On
Hi All,
I have a spare desktop computer and monitor sitting in the garage that I
want to set up for my 10 year old son, but it doesn't have a hard drive.
I'd rather not have to buy another hard drive (even though they are
pretty cheap).
I've read somewhere that Linux can be run from a USB
There are a few ways to do this, from installing to the USB as if it were a
hard drive. or setting up a livecd with persistence (this would pair well
with a load to ram option for the livcd)
just depends on how big a Thumb drive you have, and how much persistence
you want.
On Thu, Apr 24, 2014
I would probably prefer a USB. I have lots of them laying around in sizes
ranging from 1Gb to 16Gb.
Anysites that explain how to installLinux to a USB drive suchthat the system
would view it as a hard drive?
Thanks!
Peter
On 4/24/2014 4:58 PM, Stephen Partington wrote:
There are a few ways
be faster because of no seek time.
On 2014-04-24 19:49, AZ Pete wrote:
Any sites that explain how to install Linux to a USB drive such that
the system would view it as a hard drive?
Any x86 from the last 5 years will be able to boot from a USB disk.
USB disks all look like SCSI disks
to install Linux to a USB drive such that
the system would view it as a hard drive?
Any x86 from the last 5 years will be able to boot from a USB disk. USB
disks all look like SCSI disks to the kernel. As such, you can plug the
USB disk in, boot from an install CD, and tell that install CD
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