Date: Sat, 25 Apr 2020 11:01:24 -0700 From: David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD live USB stick Message-ID: <d0d02464-c122-46e3-d052-a67eac129222@holgerdanske.com> In-Reply-To: <4ccdd6e57db9817c48ff492cb82361ebe820cf86.camel@rocketmail.com> References: <4ccdd6e57db9817c48ff492cb82361ebe820cf86.camel.ref@rocketmail.com> <4ccdd6e57db9817c48ff492cb82361ebe820cf86.camel@rocketmail.com>
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On 2020-04-25 08:03, Ralf Mardorf via freebsd-questions wrote: > Hi, > > I want to have FreeBSD on a 32 GB USB 3.0 stick. Since I'm an openbox > user NomadBSD [1] looks promising to me. Any opinions or hints? > > Regards, > Ralf > > [1] https://nomadbsd.org/handbook/handbook.html#intro I have installed FreeBSD onto SanDisk Ultra Fit 16 GB USB 3.0 flash drives. I like these for their compact form factor, which reduces the chance of mechanical damage to the drive and/or port/ motherboard. However, they run hot, they are not a good choice for high-endurance applications (I cooked a 128 GB model using it for Time Machine backups in a MacBook Pro), and write performance is an obvious limitation when running a graphical desktop. I have experienced problems with both FreeBSD and Linux when using these drives in USB 3.0 ports, but not with USB 2.0 ports. David
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