Thumb drive installation, minimum size

[Jon Mirow]

Hi there, as you won't be using the SquashFS to save space, I'd say a 16GB
drive would be them minimum practical install - you can definitely install
to an 8GB stick but you'll have about 2 left - that wouldn't give you any
sawp space.. which in my book isn't a proper install - unless the machines
you will be running it on have swap? Also ignoring the swap issue that's
just not that large for modern usage.

16GB flash drives are also pretty cheap nowadays - I was amazed I got a
32GB flash for twenty pounds (30 usd) 2 weeks ago!

Personally I can't see any real problem with it - I did it a while back on
an old motherboard with screwed sata until I could afford a new one- it's
slower obviously, but not moreso than using squash with persistence - that
can get real slow once there's a lot in the persistence folder to read!

Regards

Jon
On Thu, Jan 12, 2012 at 8:40 PM, P. Echols <p.echo926 at gmail.com> wrote:

> I plan on installing 8.04 on a thumb drive.[0] This will be a full, not a
> "live" install. The purpose is to run a USB video converter, so it will
> probably need swap space somewhere.  The data files that ate created will
> go on a separate partition or USB drive that'll be mounted when needed.
>
> The question is how large a thumb drive I need for the project.  Also
> interested in other thoughts.
>
> -- Patton
>
> [0] The reason for using 8.04 is that the drivers for the hardware do not
> work with recent kernel updates.  Since this machine will not have any
> other function, I don't care that it cannot be updated.
>
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