USB Thumb Drive vs USB Hard Drive
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@WingCreative With the intertubes connected it's not really a big deal (drivers). Unless you work on some hairy old stuff I doubt you'll have any issues.
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@MattSpeller said:
@WingCreative With the intertubes connected it's not really a big deal (drivers). Unless you work on some hairy old stuff I doubt you'll have any issues.
True, I suppose my specific scenario where I was testing this was pretty rare - On my desktop I use a USB WiFi adapter from before I knew I would get into Linux that only has Windows Drivers, so I need to install the software that lets me use those Windows drivers and have them on the USB stick before I can access the internet. It's dumb.
I could also see this setup coming in handy if you were working on an infected machine where you don't necessarily want it to be connected to the internet, but then again if you're booting into a live USB session to check it out that shouldn't affect you too much so maybe not.
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@WingCreative said:
On my desktop I use a USB WiFi adapter
Yeah that'd do it haha
I could also see this setup coming in handy if you were working on an infected machine where you don't necessarily want it to be connected to the internet, but then again if you're booting into a live USB session to check it out that shouldn't affect you too much so maybe not.
I still prefer a live CD for that specific scenario but heck yeah it'd work.
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@MattSpeller said:
@WingCreative With the intertubes connected it's not really a big deal (drivers). Unless you work on some hairy old stuff I doubt you'll have any issues.
I've rarely had an issue taking a Linux HDD out of a computer and tossing it in another. Sometimes you need to modify the Drive list or w/e it's called to get it to boot.
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@thecreativeone91 Ditto, though I recall one particular intel chipset (945? low end P4 skt468/775) that would consistently barf when this was attempted.
