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Tom Potts wrote: > 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 > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solid-state_drive#Architecture_and_function -- 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