[ale] USB Pen Drive Swapfile (Knoppix)

[Jeff Layton]

In a related question (haven't tried this yet) could I use a USB
Pen device or perhaps a USB CF reader to mount a FS that
I could write to? This way I don't have to write to the HD in
my wife's laptop when I boot Knoppix? Has anyone done this?

TIA!

Jeff

> Hello there!
>
> I have other question for you folks today.  I'm big on passing out 
> copies of
> Knoppix Live CDs.  When I'm in a non-Linux environment, I make use of 
> Knoppix
> to get my work done.
>
> Question:
> Many times I'm confronted with a system that does not meet the minimum 
> RAM
> requirements, since Knoppix loads the USB devices before the GUI kicks 
> in, I
> would like to know how I could use a UBS Pen Drive as a swap file 
> device. 
> Yes, I do know that flash media has a limited lifetime and that swap use
> would blow through a drive in no time (rated million read/writes per 
> cell),
> but since the prices ARE going down (E-Bay 256MB $50) and I do NEED a 
> fast no-
> nonsense and portable solution to 'extend' the specs on a machine, I'm
> willing to give it a shot.
>
> How can this be done? (knoppix swap=/mnt/sda1)??
>
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Dr. Jeff Layton
Chart Monkey - Aerodynamics and CFD
Lockheed-Martin Aeronautical Company - Marietta


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