From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Oct 20 00:45:17 2007 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 29AB916A417 for ; Sat, 20 Oct 2007 00:45:17 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsdathome@shaw.ca) Received: from pd8mo3no.prod.shaw.ca (idcmail-mo2no.shaw.ca [64.59.134.9]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DF02D13C448 for ; Sat, 20 Oct 2007 00:45:16 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsdathome@shaw.ca) Received: from pd5mr2no.prod.shaw.ca (pd5mr2no-svcs.prod.shaw.ca [10.0.144.213]) by l-daemon (Sun ONE Messaging Server 6.0 HotFix 1.01 (built Mar 15 2004)) with ESMTP id <0JQ6003CBQ3GPE10@l-daemon> for FreeBSD-questions@freebsd.org; Fri, 19 Oct 2007 18:45:16 -0600 (MDT) Received: from pd6ms1no.prod.shaw.ca ([10.0.145.192]) by pd5mr2no.prod.shaw.ca (Sun Java System Messaging Server 6.2-7.05 (built Sep 5 2006)) with ESMTP id <0JQ600J56Q3G0N50@pd5mr2no.prod.shaw.ca> for FreeBSD-questions@freebsd.org; Fri, 19 Oct 2007 18:45:17 -0600 (MDT) Received: from shaw.ca (pd6ms1no-con [10.0.145.192]) by l-daemon (Sun Java System Messaging Server 6.2-7.05 (built Sep 5 2006)) with ESMTP id <0JQ600GOQQ3GOG30@l-daemon> for FreeBSD-questions@freebsd.org; Fri, 19 Oct 2007 18:45:16 -0600 (MDT) Received: from [10.0.144.152] (Forwarded-For: [10.0.146.152]) by pd6ims1.prod.shaw.ca (mshttpd); Fri, 19 Oct 2007 17:45:16 -0700 Date: Fri, 19 Oct 2007 17:45:16 -0700 From: Andriy Babiy To: FreeBSD-questions Message-id: MIME-version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Sun Java(tm) System Messenger Express 6.2-7.05 (built Sep 5 2006) Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-language: en Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit Content-disposition: inline X-Accept-Language: en Priority: normal Cc: Subject: flash drive question -- can it be incompatible with FreeBSD 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: Sat, 20 Oct 2007 00:45:17 -0000 Hi everybody, While looking for a new USB flash drive, I found that some of them come with: - U3 feature - ReadyBoost feature - security software, either pre-installed or zipped on the drive - hardware data encryption Some of them need partitioning/formatting. My question is: is there anything that would prevent me from using such drives on FreeBSD machine? Google shows that U3 can be uninstalled. What about other "features"? Thank you in advance. Andriy