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westcliffe | 19:52 Fri 09th Feb 2007 | Computers
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could one run a operating system from 4 gb usb
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Even if it could be done, the speed of data transfer from a USB device to computer memory would be too slow to make it workable I think.
There are some distros of Linux for USB memory sticks.
A great way of carrying around a toolkit for fixing or examining a broken OS.
You can buy Ubuntu Linux on a bootable 2Gbyte memory stick for about 30 quid. You can run it from the stick, and even carry all your settings and customisations around with you.

Get it here:

http://www.dragontechnology.com/ubuntu_usb.php

As the kernel is loaded into RAM at bootup, there is no speed penalty to speak of.

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