Boot from CF or USB flash driver?

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ELMIT
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Boot from CF or USB flash driver?

#1 Post by ELMIT »

Is there a difference if I use a CF or a USB flash drive to boot the puppy?

My application needs a USB flash drive to store some data, and move these data to another computer. That means, if I can use a USB flash drive than I would need to protect the OS and leave the data visible for the data.

Is it possible to use hidden and read only files for that? Am I right that the syslinux file is only necessary for making the CF / USB bootable. Can I remove it afterwards?

Any comments please!


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#2 Post by ChechenPuppy »

The fastest CF cards are in general 3-5 times slower than the fastest USB sticks in terms of the information transfer rate.

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