Run From Flash drive?

[Scott Lavender]

On Tue, Mar 29, 2011 at 1:10 PM, Timothy Cook
<timothywayne.cook at gmail.com>wrote:

> Is it possible to 'effectively'  run Ubuntu Studio from a 16GB USB Flash
> Drive?
>
> My concern is that the drive will not be responsive enough.  Is that a
> valid concern?
>
> Thanks,
> Tim
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Hi Tim,

My understanding is that flash drives (included SSD drives?) have a limited
amount of times they can be written to.  Therefore, while I think
maintaining the operating system on a flash drive wouldn't be bad (or might
have speed benefits of booting and loading applications for SSD drives), I
wouldn't recommend them for storing audio data, say from recording in
Ardour.

My two cents.

ScottL
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