Having the root file system on a usb flash drive will work fine. I would advice you to get two identical sticks and dd the data from your installed stick to a backup stick once installation is finished. Usb sticks tend to wear over time. They last 2-3 years for me.
/B On Fri, Aug 23, 2013 at 9:26 PM, Hoshpak <mailingl...@pozimski.eu> wrote: > Am 23.08.2013 20:23, schrieb Shawn Landden: > > On Fri, Aug 23, 2013 at 10:27 AM, George Sedov <radist.mo...@gmail.com > >wrote: > > >> 3) Can I install rootfs not on the SATA drives, but rather on the usb > >> flash-stick, thus leaving all of the drives completely system-free? > >> Maybe there are some other ways to keep the system off the disks? > >> > > i'm wondering how they do it with only 16MB of flash.... anyways, you > could > > always netboot it via tftp from u-boot > > Only kernel, initrd and uboot are installed into the internal flash > memory. If you use the original Qnap firmware, they only have a pretty > minimal system installed by default and install the bigger part of the > firmware onto the harddrives once you plug them in and run the > initialization wizard. > > If you use the Debian installer, you have the option to use the > harddrives for the root file system or some other attached storage like > an usb drive. I use the later option with my Qnap TS219 P II and it > works fine. Since the 420 doesn't seem to be that different (probably > the same chipset with minor modifications), I don't see a reason why it > wouldn't work with this device also. > > Kind Regards > Helmut > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-arm-requ...@lists.debian.org > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > listmas...@lists.debian.org > Archive: http://lists.debian.org/5217b773.1090...@pozimski.eu > >
