From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Apr 6 14:25:23 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A915B16A427 for ; Thu, 6 Apr 2006 14:25:23 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from cswiger@mac.com) Received: from pi.codefab.com (pi.codefab.com [199.103.21.227]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EE25643D46 for ; Thu, 6 Apr 2006 14:25:22 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from cswiger@mac.com) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pi.codefab.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 41E975DAF; Thu, 6 Apr 2006 10:25:22 -0400 (EDT) Received: from pi.codefab.com ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (pi.codefab.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 43745-04; Thu, 6 Apr 2006 10:25:21 -0400 (EDT) Received: from [192.168.1.3] (pool-68-161-112-80.ny325.east.verizon.net [68.161.112.80]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pi.codefab.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 675175D01; Thu, 6 Apr 2006 10:25:21 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <443524CF.4060108@mac.com> Date: Thu, 06 Apr 2006 10:25:19 -0400 From: Chuck Swiger User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5 (Windows/20051201) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: orange_4444 References: <3779463.post@talk.nabble.com> In-Reply-To: <3779463.post@talk.nabble.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at codefab.com Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Which BSD - Flash Drive 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: Thu, 06 Apr 2006 14:25:23 -0000 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