On 12/30/06, Richard W. Ernst <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Carl Lowenstein wrote:
> On 12/29/06, Richard W. Ernst <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> 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.
>
> Now consider having the OS resident in another USB flash drive thus
> reducing the amount of rotating machinery to near zero.
>
> carl
I thought you just said not such a good idea because of finite
read/write issues.... :)
If you use the memory stick like a CDrom, it never gets written.
(except for the first time when the OS gets transcribed to it). I
wonder which would have a longer lifetime, a read-only memory stick or
a CDrom drive.
carl
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