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? Celejar