On 9/2/05, Neil Bothwick <neil@digimed.co.uk> wrote:
> 
> Incorrect. Flash memory only has a limited write lifetime, treating it
> like a hard drive will kill it in no time.


Hmm... I had no idea (story of my life). About what is the lifetime of one 
of these little guys?

However, you're in luck. There is a distro for flash drives that is based
> on GNOME, Flash Linux. The author gave a presentation on it at the UK
> Gentoo meeting earlier this year. See http://flashlinux.org.uk/
> 
> 
Well, SLAX runs from a thumbdrive too. The thing is that I have gotten 
spoiled by my Gentoo box that runs only what I want and I want to have my 
own "custom linux". How bad would it be for the drive if I just ran Linux 
off of it (read only)? I would install gentoo on a real hard disk first and 
then copy the partition over the the flash disk. Would this be a suitable 
solution?

-Mike

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