<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <meta content="text/html;charset=ISO-8859-1" http-equiv="Content-Type"> </head> <body bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000"> James Cameron wrote: <blockquote cite="mid:20101222223000.GD4484@us.netrek.org" type="cite"> <pre wrap="">On Wed, Dec 22, 2010 at 10:49:11AM -0500, chm wrote: </pre> <blockquote type="cite"> <pre wrap="">Thanks for the suggestions and the reminder of how slow NAND can be. I've added a USB stick for swap and yum caching and another for the kernel git and compile. </pre> </blockquote> <pre wrap=""> Just thought I'd mention ... I've tested USB flash drives against USB hard drives, and found the USB hard drives far superior when performance is important. \ </pre> </blockquote> +1 I use the Seagate FreeAgent Go (250-500GB) USB drives or equivalent as install media for my Linux test systems. They work very well with netbooks and are almost the same cost as an 8GB USB flash Drive. An added benefit; they seem at least 10X faster, and run off the USB port's power. <blockquote cite="mid:20101222223000.GD4484@us.netrek.org" type="cite"> <pre wrap="">I see from the other mailing list that you've been able to get the new kernel working. </pre> </blockquote> </body> </html>