[Wylug-help] Linux Distro on Bootable USB Stick

[John Hodrien]

On Mon, 10 Oct 2005, Dave Fisher wrote:

> OTOH, if anyone has experience which suggests that the read-write speed
> of Flash memory is too poor to support standard desktop distros and
> apps, I would appreciate any suggestions about how to get around the
> problem.

Are you really going to end up with something more useful than a DVD-Knoppix +
USB pen?  Is upgrading your distro 'away from home' that important to you?

R/W speed of good flash memory isn't that bad, but finding benchmarks for USB
pens can be tricky.

jh

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