> I just played with ubuntu installation on an usb stick. > Yes, it works. Soft of. Write performance is abysmal. > I would pay x2 or x3 for the same sized stick if it > would perform better. In general USB sticks don't offer the same performance as SSDs. You can find sticks with both USB and eSata. I'd hope those offer better performance. You should read some performance reviews. I'm sure you can find a few sticks that are much better than what you get from a vanilla usb stick. Greg -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-ide" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html