Pen drive Ubuntu

[Mark Fraser]

On Saturday 27 October 2007 19:00:46 Stew Schneider wrote:
> Mark Fraser wrote:
> > On Saturday 27 October 2007 04:29:11 Stew Schneider wrote:
> >> I had a 4G thumb drive with no plans for it, so installed Gutsy on it,
> >> following the instructions at
> >> http://www.pendrivelinux.com/2007/09/28/usb-ubuntu-710-gutsy-gibbon-inst
> >>all /
> >>
> >> The installation wasn't troublesome, but I get boot times of 5+ minutes.
> >> Anybody else try this?
> >
> > I've got one with 6.10 on it as the tutorial at the time didn't recommend
> > using 7.04 due to the persistant feature not working. Might have to put
> > 7.10 on it now. Thanks for the link.

> What kind of boot times are you experiencing? Five to six minutes just
> seems...well...wrong!

I can't remember now, it's been a while since I've used it. The website does 
say 7.10 takes a bit longer. Once I finish tidying up my 2 main computers 
after installing some new drives I'll give it a go.