[BALUG-Talk] Flash drives for Lubuntu 14.04 4 bit

[Christian Einfeldt]

Hi,

Thanks, Michael.  Yes, 64 bit.  Just a typo.

Do you have any brand names that you recommend for heavy writes /
rewrites?  Thanks again.

On Thu, Jul 27, 2017 at 6:50 PM, Michael Paoli <
Michael.Paoli@cal.berkeley.edu> wrote:

> Most flash drive should work "fine", or well enough,
> at least if I'm guestimating the intended Lubuntu usage
> correctly.  At least with what I've seen on most failures,
> it's typically been lower quality flash media, with a fair
> amount to fairly heavy writes/rewrites.  I think failures
> are more rare when typical usage is read-mostly - and I'm
> presuming that would be the case for your Lubuntu usage?
> Would I be correct in presuming ISO images to boot from
> on USB, and only occasionally updating the image on the
> USB flash?  If so, the overwhelming majority of USB
> flash out there should work quite well enough for that.
>
> For more regular writes/rewrites, reasonably good
> quality does seem to matter.  And that doesn't always
> strongly correlate to price, but there's typically at least
> some fair degree of correlation.  Basically, for heavier use -
> especially lots of writes/rewrites, usually decent name brand
> stuff works longer and more reliably than cheap no-name/off-brand stuff.
>
> Your mileage may vary, but that's been my general experience.
>
> Also, if one watches sales 'n such, can often get 20% to 30% or more off,
> at least once in a while - at least for physical stores ...
> on-line "deals"/sales, may not dip as much in price.
>
> 4 bit ... I presume 64 bit?
>
> From: "Christian Einfeldt" <einfeldt@gmail.com>
>> Subject: [BALUG-Talk] Flash drives for Lubuntu 14.04 4 bit
>> Date: Thu, 27 Jul 2017 18:26:01 -0700
>>
>
> Does anyone have any recommendations / precautions about which flash drives
>> to use or to avoid for Lubuntu 14.04?  I am assuming that pretty much any
>> flash drive will work.  I have never had any problems, but I just wanted
>> to
>> check to make sure.  Thanks!
>>
>
>


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Christian Einfeldt
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