USB Thumb Drive vs USB Hard Drive
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I don't understand the problem - are you really worried about wearing out a cheap disposable item? or is it data loss?
$0.02 - go buy yourself a 5 pack of horrid knock offs (or 2 really nice USB3.0 ones, treat yo self!)
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@thecreativeone91 said:
Huh? an SSD doesn't imply a 2.5" drive. http://www.amazon.com/VisionTek-120GB-Pocket-Drive-900718/dp/B00O0NV5HU
Holy Shit. That is one expensive drive.....
http://www.amazon.com/PNY-Turbo-128GB-Flash-Drive/dp/B00FE2N1WS/
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@anonymous said:
@thecreativeone91 said:
Huh? an SSD doesn't imply a 2.5" drive. http://www.amazon.com/VisionTek-120GB-Pocket-Drive-900718/dp/B00O0NV5HU
Holy Shit. That is one expensive drive.....
http://www.amazon.com/PNY-Turbo-128GB-Flash-Drive/dp/B00FE2N1WS/
It's not expensive it's an SSD. The one you linked to is not an SSD, just a normal flash Drive.
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@thecreativeone91 said:
It's not expensive it's an SSD. The one you linked to is not an SSD, just a normal flash Drive.
Yup, gotta pay for that controller & all the various and sundry bits (like wear levelling)
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It sounds like you are dealing with the same thing I am now - wanting to have a little USB toolbox that you can use on a variety of computers with your favorite diagnostic/cleaning/whatever applications. With that in mind, I discovered that Live USB is much better for this setup as the full install makes your USB Linux dependent on the hardware you initially installed it on.
Creating a persistent drive on the USB seems to work well for storing files, but as you say it's trickier to keep installed applications between sessions.
I'm wondering if there are workarounds, like portable versions of apps that don't depend upon an installation. It might also be possible/worthwhile to store the installation files on the drive and have a shell script to install all your programs from the local repo?
This isn't so much of an answer as it is me saying "I have the same question" but I hope it helps
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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.
