[geeks] Running a computer from a USB flash drive

[Joshua D. Boyd]

On Fri, 2008-04-18 at 13:16 -0400, Shannon Hendrix wrote:

> > Is it really necessary to worry about industrial grade flash if all it
> > will be used for is /boot? This is certainly possible on a linux
> > machine, I'm not really sure about solaris.
> 
> Sure, if that's all it is used for.
> 
> But if I run the OS on it, then I want to make sure it won't go away  
> on me.
> 
> I've seen plenty of USB flash drives that sometimes just "go away" and  
> have to be replugged.


Maybe you should try contacting Dell to ask about what flash drive to
use there, if that is an officially support option.

Otherwise, maybe you could try snooping around some other embedded
systems vendors websites or calling their sales people.