[conspire] making a FlashDrive look like a CD

Ivan Sergio Borgonovo mail at webthatworks.it
Mon Nov 5 00:02:21 PST 2018


It's not really clear what you're trying to achieve, but did you try to 
put on that flash a Linux live image?

Where "live" stand for "I won't need a writeable storage device to 
function".

Then you can make few changes to just mount your home on your hard disk.

On 11/4/18 7:10 PM, jose tav wrote:
> Hello Folks,
> I have a pain with LinuxMint on a Flash drive, which after few two or 
> three boots getting corrupted.
> The only way I know how to alleviate a little bit the pain is by running 
> Linux out of CD drive. But then I got another kind of pain -toooo slowwww.
> 
> The best option out of two I can think of, would be to Install Linux on 
> a flash drive with all the apps I will need and then "encapsulate" it,  
> a la CD so that Window's s^*(&% won't corrupt my system, in other words 
> the machine start getting very sluggish, cursor jump around while 
> typing, YES touchpad is set to inactivity. Also the BIOS get reset to 
> allow ONLY windows to boot on power up.
> 
> Yes Linux has the encryption option, but I think it covers the Documents 
> directory only. I used it only once, I got a little tire of he constant 
> log-in.
> 
> There you have Folks, what you think can be done, short of purchasing a 
> prohibitive Macboot to "fix" the problem.
> 
> Any tips, suggestions are welcome, and I will grateful for.
> Have a nice weekend!
> 
> 
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