2007/1/18, Michel Di Croci <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On 1/18/07, Roman Kyrylych <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > 2007/1/18, Michael Towers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > Michel Di Croci wrote: > > > > > http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Installing_ArchLinux_on_a_USB_key > > > > > > > > I will fill the missing section when I come back at home tonight. > > > > > > > > Michel > > > > > > > > > > I don't think anyone has mentioned this yet, but I wonder about the > > > effect on the lifetime of the usb key if it is used in this way. They > > > support only a limited number of write cycles, and I guess running a > > > normal linux system could be quite a challenge (though I have no > > > concrete data on this). > > > > > > A system designed for a live CD would perhaps be more appropriate (as it > > > is designed for a read-only medium)? You can also fit more stuff onto it > > > than using the 'straight' method because it is compressed. Of course > > > persistent writing is not quite as straightforward as with a 'straight' > > > system, but that's the compromise. > > > > > > The last time I tested larch on a usb key it worked pretty well - it > > > seemed pretty fast, too. I also have a media player running larch from > > > compact flash card, and am quite happy with it. > > > > Yes, using copy-on-write filesustem on USB is way better for its lifetime. > > That's too bad! Really, I preferred my way since I have real partition on it > (can be viewed from my main computer). And I don't like the idea that in > the long term, I would have to recreate and rewrite all the config all over > again on the larch system since there is no way to load "configs" at least, > that I'm aware of. > > The update can't be done on the usb key since it might come and take all the > RAMs available and that you get "no more space" on the device so you cannot > keep you system up to date easily. Also, I forgot to unmount something on > larch and the usbkey start to be filled ... with things from the mounting > device I reached no more space pretty fast. Maybe I'm not too good with it > ;) > > But I know it's a good system!
unionfs + ramdisk + merging changes to USB on shutdown looks reasonable for me. -- Roman Kyrylych (Роман Кирилич) _______________________________________________ arch mailing list arch@archlinux.org http://www.archlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/arch
