We use a Fedora USB key for various tasks in our computer lab, and it works quite nicely. The only issue is the persistent overlay (2GB on our thumb drive) is extremely sensitive to the drive being used as storage. If you store too much (haven't experimented with how much), you end up losing the changes saved in the persistent overlay and the key is fairly useless. Only a guess, but if you have a 2GB overlay and 512MB worth of changes and installs stored on it, adding more than the remaining 1.5GB will push some or all of those changes off the overlay.
It'd be great if someone can clarify this or add some insight.
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Persistent overlay sensitive
Posted by: TK on August 05, 2008 05:07 PMIt'd be great if someone can clarify this or add some insight.
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