OH NO .... I have to use Vista at work

[Ouattara Oumar Aziz]

Matthew Carpenter a ?crit :
> On Sunday 04 March 2007 06:26, Ouattara Oumar Aziz wrote:
>> I installed Feisty over my USB disk too, cause I use it for rescuing
>> other people. But  I was very impressed by the speed of that system.
>> Using a usb2 disk install isn't that slow.
> 
> I am also happy with USB thumbdrive linux as I just did an Ubuntu install 
> (Feisty as well) onto my 2GB flash drive.  I recommend installing to the USB 
> drive or buying a replacement drive and swapping out the main hd...  It's 
> what I've done in the past.
> 
>> Considering the speed of USB2 is 480Mb/s ( from wikipedia), the speed is
>> equivalent to an ATA-5 IDE disk.
> 
> This is misleading.  Firewire at 400Mb/s is faster than USB2.  I think that 
> number is burstable rate, not throughput.
> 
> 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USB_2#USB_2.0_Hi-Speed_versus_FireWire