USB thumb drives for bootable flash FreeBSD installation...

2011-10-17 Thread Jason Usher
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

Re: USB thumb drives for bootable flash FreeBSD installation...

2011-10-17 Thread Chuck Swiger
Hi-- On Oct 17, 2011, at 3:53 PM, Jason Usher wrote: Are they all the same, or are there some USB flash choices that are more durable and fault tolerant than others ? There's fairly significant differences: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flash_memory#Write_endurance SLC NOR flash tends to

Re: USB thumb drives for bootable flash FreeBSD installation...

2011-10-17 Thread Warren Block
On Mon, 17 Oct 2011, Jason Usher wrote: 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,