On 9/2/05, <b class="gmail_sendername">Neil Bothwick</b> &lt;<a href="mailto:neil@digimed.co.uk">neil@digimed.co.uk</a>&gt; wrote:<div><span class="gmail_quote"></span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Incorrect. Flash memory only has a limited write lifetime, treating it<br>like a hard drive will kill it in no time.</blockquote><div><br>
&nbsp;Hmm... I had no idea (story of my life). About what is the lifetime of one of these little guys?<br>
</div><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">However, you're in luck. There is a distro for flash drives that is based<br>on GNOME, Flash Linux. The author gave a presentation on it at the UK
<br>Gentoo meeting earlier this year. See <a href="http://flashlinux.org.uk/">http://flashlinux.org.uk/</a><br><br></blockquote></div><br>
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 &quot;custom linux&quot;. 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?<br>
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-Mike<br clear="all"><br>-- <br>________________________________<br>Michael E. Crute<br>Software Developer<br>SoftGroup Development Corporation<br><br>Linux, because reboots are for installing hardware.<br>&quot;In a world without walls and fences, who needs windows and gates?&quot;