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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Don’t use a cheap no-name. Sandisk or Kingston. I have cheap no-names that don’t mount under Linux but look fine under Windows. Their characteristics seem to change each time they get plugged in.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>I’ve done what you want to do successfully with a Sandisk drive in the past.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>-Nate<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> cialug-bounces@cialug.org [mailto:cialug-bounces@cialug.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Rob Miller<br><b>Sent:</b> Sunday, January 22, 2012 3:30 PM<br><b>To:</b> Central Iowa Linux Users Group<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Cialug] Swap for a USB Drive<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>David: Thank you for the links. Do you recommend one particular USB stick or manufacturer? Rob<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Sat, Jan 21, 2012 at 1:17 PM, David Champion <<a href="mailto:dchamp1337@gmail.com">dchamp1337@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>There are some Linux distributions that are tailored to run from USB stick. Here's one example:<br><br><a href="http://www.mandriva.com/en/downloads/2011/" target="_blank">http://www.mandriva.com/en/downloads/2011/</a> <o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><a href="http://wiki.mandriva.com/en/Docs/Installing_Mandriva_Linux#Installation_from_a_USB_stick" target="_blank">http://wiki.mandriva.com/en/Docs/Installing_Mandriva_Linux#Installation_from_a_USB_stick</a> <o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>You may want to use the 32 bit version, unless you're sure all of the machines you will be using are 64 bit.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>-dc<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Sat, Jan 21, 2012 at 8:11 AM, Rob Miller <<a href="mailto:rob@dotcomservices.com" target="_blank">rob@dotcomservices.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0in'><div><p class=MsoNormal>I would like to have a USB (thumb/flash) drive with a flavor of Linux loaded on it. Seems I am using so many different computers - wife's laptop, daughter's netbook, desktop at the public library, my own decrepit desktop, etc. I have an ASUS portable wireless 4-in-1 router, model WL-330gE that I would be happy to swap. I would also be happy to go out and buy a USB drive for you to use; just tell me which one works best ... I have used SUSE the most over the past five or six years as my desktop (after starting with "Lindows") and also I once tried installing one of the "small" distros on an ancient laptop; I think it was Puppy or D*mn Small Linux. The ASUS unit has only been used once or twice and should be in good shape. Thank you.<span style='color:#888888'><o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#888888'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#888888'>Rob Miller - <a href="mailto:rob@dotcomservices.com" target="_blank">rob@dotcomservices.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#888888'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#888888'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>_______________________________________________<br>Cialug mailing list<br><a href="mailto:Cialug@cialug.org" target="_blank">Cialug@cialug.org</a><br><a href="http://cialug.org/mailman/listinfo/cialug" target="_blank">http://cialug.org/mailman/listinfo/cialug</a><o:p></o:p></p></blockquote></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><br>_______________________________________________<br>Cialug mailing list<br><a href="mailto:Cialug@cialug.org">Cialug@cialug.org</a><br><a href="http://cialug.org/mailman/listinfo/cialug" target="_blank">http://cialug.org/mailman/listinfo/cialug</a><o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>