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On Tuesday 19 August 2008 10:23, Grant Sewell wrote: > On Tue, 19 Aug 2008 08:53:07 +0100, Brown Richard wrote: > > Hi > > > > Has anybody done this please? And once it is done is it possible to > > use it to install ubuntu? > > > > Thanks > > > > Rich > > Hi Rich, > > It is possible, and it is quite easy. What is not straight-forward, > however, is tuning a standard Ubuntu install for USB flash-drive operation. > Because of the way they're made, flash drives' lifespan shortens with > write actions - the more you write to the device, the quicker it will die. > There are some things you can do (such as mounting the / volume with the > "noatime" option) to alleviate this. I'm getting old - whats the diff between SSD and flash Tom te tom te tom >... -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html