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Re: Linux installed on a USB Stick & Wear Levelling

From Baho Utot <baho-utot@invalid.com>
Newsgroups comp.os.linux.misc
Subject Re: Linux installed on a USB Stick & Wear Levelling
Date 2014-06-10 08:02 -0400
Organization A noiseless patient Spider
Message-ID <qn8j6b-g73.ln1@raspberrypi.bildanet.com> (permalink)
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Rahul wrote:

> Has anyone tried running Linux off a USB-stick? A full regular
> install, not a LiveUSB. Reason I ask is, how bad is the wear levelling
> problem?

I have. Don't worry about wear leveling.  Use ext3 filesystem.

> 
> I tried using a LiveUSB with persistant storage but the continously
> growing Copy on Write Overlay was nasty.
> 
> Any workarounds or ideas?

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Linux installed on a USB Stick & Wear Levelling Rahul <nospam@invalid.invalid> - 2014-06-10 06:24 +0000
  Re: Linux installed on a USB Stick & Wear Levelling Baho Utot <baho-utot@invalid.com> - 2014-06-10 08:02 -0400
    Re: Linux installed on a USB Stick & Wear Levelling Alias <aka@maskedandanonymous.commmm> - 2014-06-10 14:18 +0200
      Re: Linux installed on a USB Stick & Wear Levelling Baho Utot <baho-utot@invalid.com> - 2014-06-10 09:55 -0400
        Re: Linux installed on a USB Stick & Wear Levelling Clark Smith <noaddress@nowhere.net> - 2014-06-10 15:25 +0000
        Re: Linux installed on a USB Stick & Wear Levelling William Unruh <unruh@invalid.ca> - 2014-06-10 16:08 +0000
          Re: Linux installed on a USB Stick & Wear Levelling Baho Utot <baho-utot@invalid.com> - 2014-06-10 13:04 -0400
        Re: Linux installed on a USB Stick & Wear Levelling Aragorn <thorongil@telenet.be.invalid> - 2014-06-10 18:51 +0200
    Re: Linux installed on a USB Stick & Wear Levelling Eli the Bearded <*@eli.users.panix.com> - 2014-06-10 18:34 +0000
  Re: Linux installed on a USB Stick & Wear Levelling "J.B. Wood" <arl_123234@hotmail.com> - 2014-06-10 12:34 -0400
    Re: Linux installed on a USB Stick & Wear Levelling Rahul <nospam@invalid.invalid> - 2014-06-10 16:56 +0000

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