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Re: [LUG] Running Ubuntu from a USB Stick

 

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
>...


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