Carl Lowenstein wrote:
On 12/29/06, Richard W. Ernst <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I just realized that with USB flash drives so cheap now, skip the memory
card/adapter and just use USB. Allow use of USB keyboard/mouse if
necessary as well, and maybe simplify mounting. We'll see, but I've got
an old 128 meg thumb drive I can use for testing.
> Richard W. Ernst wrote:
>> 3. built in memory card slot. Really doesn't have to be able to read
>> multiple media, just simplest/cheapest/most common since it's a
>> dedicated system.
Maybe remember that USB flash drives have a finite re-write life. So
you don't want to just transplant a running Linux system to them.
Think of a distribution that was designed to run from a CDrom but can
be installed to use the Flash drive instead of the CD. Damn Small
Linux comes to mind.
carl
I meant as a replacement for the "memory card" that would just hold the
pix to be displayed, not for the OS.
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