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Date:      Thu, 06 Apr 2006 10:25:19 -0400
From:      Chuck Swiger <cswiger@mac.com>
To:        orange_4444 <gautamvn@gmail.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Which BSD - Flash Drive
Message-ID:  <443524CF.4060108@mac.com>
In-Reply-To: <3779463.post@talk.nabble.com>
References:  <3779463.post@talk.nabble.com>

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orange_4444 wrote:
> I would like to run a BSD distribution off a 1GB USB Flash drive...
> What would be the most suitable - something like FreeSBIE?

That's possible.  You do understand that flash drives only have very limited 
# of write cycles before they fail, and should be operated in read-only mode 
most of the time?

If you're planning to use this for a dedicated appliance-type role, ie, 
router, firewall, this is fine.  If you want to do development or 
general-purpose interactive use, USB flash drives aren't a good choice.

-- 
-Chuck



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