celejar wrote:
> On 9/12/06, Ottavio Caruso <pr0f3ss0r1492@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>> Mark Coetser wrote@
>>
>> >> http://www.debian-administration.org/articles/179
>>
>> I have an objection to that article.
>> Nothing should be "installed" onto a flash drive.
>> You'd wear out your memory stick in no time.
>>
>> The only elegant solution I have found is Damn Small
>> Linux, but unfortunately the authors refuse to comply
>> to known standards (licence, copyright, package
>> management) so I cannot recommend it.
>>
>> Ottavio Caruso
>
>
> Why will a one time install wear out the key? (The author mentions
> that he isn't making a swap partition for that very reason). What is
> the advantage of DSL in this regard?
The use of any *NIX type file system which keeps access dates/times
will cause wearout very quickly. I've used DSL, and have no idea
why it would be superior in this respect. OTOH, I have not used DSL
from a memory stick.
Mike