From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Oct 17 22:53:20 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C5F5E106566C for ; Mon, 17 Oct 2011 22:53:20 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jusher71@yahoo.com) Received: from nm8.bullet.mail.ne1.yahoo.com (nm8.bullet.mail.ne1.yahoo.com [98.138.90.71]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 755008FC16 for ; Mon, 17 Oct 2011 22:53:20 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [98.138.90.48] by nm8.bullet.mail.ne1.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 17 Oct 2011 22:53:19 -0000 Received: from [98.138.89.240] by tm1.bullet.mail.ne1.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 17 Oct 2011 22:53:19 -0000 Received: from [127.0.0.1] by omp1013.mail.ne1.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 17 Oct 2011 22:53:19 -0000 X-Yahoo-Newman-Property: ymail-3 X-Yahoo-Newman-Id: 962824.36704.bm@omp1013.mail.ne1.yahoo.com Received: (qmail 94953 invoked by uid 60001); 17 Oct 2011 22:53:19 -0000 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=yahoo.com; s=s1024; t=1318891999; bh=KoQx/LB+0DnoIQXf6iMYhaXIvltWIpX/OTZXxp98dbk=; h=X-YMail-OSG:Received:X-Mailer:Message-ID:Date:From:Subject:To:MIME-Version:Content-Type; b=VlCC2dE+3n8gEPyBuzMAefCTRyntArsnhRV5s7Ft2gmWUK75nKvfS2MRr38uxJrz+ZZ+i9oqlb7bR9iLqHUEmXTpU3QTcRiyNaVhhgwtLe7o8wNUiAxsG/fNcw+16Wj+S45TfuonIa4D4hnql94JyYPyY7//3FvWTNRKo4ff0sg= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=yahoo.com; h=X-YMail-OSG:Received:X-Mailer:Message-ID:Date:From:Subject:To:MIME-Version:Content-Type; b=3sO8CNEWLvetSCoWuTmep4ZODd3I+0DRS1rUAaE+ure7kQbe0riQpBMBf3kLdbMnZ/EIaxonsCp/0y52BnGIgRr63Y79cAJR8pucm3FMO/8yGG+5bf+Ien0uqjTB/1nyr21aWMpnw/mMsOnEbinvlm7Jxao4/c6p6HgFFCaASLQ=; X-YMail-OSG: 0aPHUB8VM1mi2KRfFYkTIvYOEZ2ZuSllWkFZj5x49zxA4uA 2leOC4b7OPN.kEzyCo9Wd4ziw1U1hD08XI82shhRDyEZ1SEZjbpifPfqB3Ht 9koOMboT2eutgcyX_dgs3jMVinovCnVMnyf9ks0Y8pLh9y7i8wZ2q__Ku49k 4qvPknu.aKLYbLvPpzAd1bZWNDtYtTmnQiH0Qu5Ma6LzZ4zN_9WE0fH5rJE8 xYibeiKayzbP.mLZ_hX.p6ot1n7oLZBp2BwxVrINICNynFZKcaa4dBPPLkAe B78Fxs80abuEcRcrfDCT7vl1RunBN5fnMnBKTsHoNGZ3GDZ65zp12Dh.1R9S TPHw3K1_Op0Y7llOZXlDrVrtVKe3YE_t9eQ_Ke9k8 Received: from [199.48.147.38] by web121216.mail.ne1.yahoo.com via HTTP; Mon, 17 Oct 2011 15:53:19 PDT X-Mailer: YahooMailClassic/14.0.7 YahooMailWebService/0.8.114.317681 Message-ID: <1318891999.94031.YahooMailClassic@web121216.mail.ne1.yahoo.com> Date: Mon, 17 Oct 2011 15:53:19 -0700 (PDT) From: Jason Usher To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailman-Approved-At: Mon, 17 Oct 2011 23:08:22 +0000 Subject: USB thumb drives for bootable flash FreeBSD installation... X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 17 Oct 2011 22:53:20 -0000 I'm going to run FreeBSD off of a flash drive on some older mac mini systems. Before I begin, though, I'd like some advice on the best USB thumb drives for this. These systems will be deployed and left in place, hopefully for YEARS in a remote, inaccessible location. So, I'd like to make sure I get the most durable, fault-tolerant USB thumb drives possible. I'm not going to swap on them, or do lots of log writing, etc., but still ... I really don't want to fly across the world just because this one component died. Are they all the same, or are there some USB flash choices that are more durable and fault tolerant than others ? Thanks.