[ale] Microcenter Free USB sticks

[lists at serioustechnology.com (Geoffrey Myers)]

Chuck Green wrote:
> I've heard from many people that run linux off a usb stick that it can 
> take 2-3 minutes to boot.  I havent had that bad of experience though.

My experiences with usb under linux is, it's bloody slow.  I don't get 
it.  From cheap usb sticks to pricey external drives.

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> On 02/18/2011 05:11 PM, Chris Fowler wrote:
>> On Fri, 2011-02-18 at 17:00 -0500, Calvin Harrigan wrote:
>>
>>> What did you expect for free?  Seriously though USB stick speed vary
>>> significantly from manufacturer to manufacturer.
>>> _______________________________________________
>> Yea, I know.
>>
>> I'm putting a persistent UNR system on this stick for a friend.  It
>> seems to be 2.0 but it is not very responsive.  I guess being on a slow
>> stick and being a live image makes it worse.
>>
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