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Booting a Linux system off USB Pendrives is one of my favorite things.
On a laptop we have the following advantages,
- The Harddisk can be shutdown and that reduces power consumption (hdparm)
- The system heats lesser and the fans are triggered less frequently
- The system can take more shocks (a bumpy backseat taxi ride)
With old workstation hardware,
- Can be used for quick testing of the hardware platforms
- Linux (Ubuntu these days) works quite well with most hardware
- One Downside: Many old motherboard BIOS do not support a USB boot
I have preferred a USB "boot-stick" to a LiveCD in most cases.
Questions.
- What other advantages and problems have you seen or anticipate with USB booted Linux?
- What is your choice of Linux for this purpose?
- Would you suggest
ext4
or something more proven/stable for a linux usb-boot? - Do you often find USB drives getting corrupted?
- Do you partition your USB drives?
Recent install guide reference,
Ubuntu Karmic Koala Encrypted Flash Memory Installation (edited July 22 2009).
This install guide is for installing Ubuntu 'Karmic Koala' in a USB flash memory stick with
the LUKS encrypted ext4 file system by running the Ubuntu Karmic Koala 'Alternate CD'.
Wow! Is that robots as in the moving things? or do you have some other interpretation involved here that I cannot catch. – nik – 2009-07-16T18:06:12.690
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They're real moving things. They are a larger version of these: http://distrob.cs.umn.edu/explorer.php
– jamuraa – 2009-07-17T17:50:49.660