2026-08-23 12:20 UTC
@pedersen@c.im If you can get yourself a small external SSD, your installs will go MUCH faster. Flash drives are SLOW.
I have a 1TB external SSD with 2 partitions: 1 for Ventoy and 1 for backups. I put my OS ISOs into the Ventoy partition, along with the Rescuezilla ISO. This way I can quickly back up any computer to the same SSD I'm installing Linux from. Makes distro-hopping and backups a breeze.
#linux #ventoy #homelab #rescuezilla
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@pedersen@c.im 2026-08-23 13:58
@RockyC@fosstodon.org I like the idea. I'm not 100% sold on the flash drive being slow, though. I used exactly that mechanism to install my daily driver desktop, and the actual install was pretty quick. I didn't time it, so can't tell you how long it actually needed, but I'm still pretty pleased with it. Where the SSD will really shine though is for doing immediate backups. The local transfer shows beats any network I've got installed.