USB thumb drives for bootable flash FreeBSD installation...
Warren Block
wblock at wonkity.com
Mon Oct 17 23:59:39 UTC 2011
On Mon, 17 Oct 2011, Jason Usher wrote:
> I'm going to run FreeBSD off of a flash drive on some older mac mini systems.
>
> Before I begin, though, I'd like some advice on the best USB thumb drives for this.
>
> These systems will be deployed and left in place, hopefully for YEARS
> in a remote, inaccessible location. So, I'd like to make sure I get
> the most durable, fault-tolerant USB thumb drives possible.
Put them on the inside so they don't get snapped off. Or get a
low-profile drive and shield it somehow. There are internal IDE/SATA to
CF/SD adapters also.
> I'm not going to swap on them, or do lots of log writing, etc., but
> still ... I really don't want to fly across the world just because
> this one component died.
>
> Are they all the same, or are there some USB flash choices that are
> more durable and fault tolerant than others ?
I don't know which are actually more durable rather than just being
marketed that way, but I'd consider making a mirror of two different
brands and models to try to improve the odds against media or mechanical
failure.
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