2026-08-23 13:58 UTC
@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.
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@RockyC@fosstodon.org 2026-08-23 14:25
@pedersen@c.im Speeds can vary wildly depending on the manufacturer and model, but I've found that I will usually get the full USB bus speed in transfers for an external SSD, while a flash drive will read and write significantly more slowly. There are premium flash drives that go fast, but $$$ I quit using flash drives altogether except for the rare instance that Ventoy can't boot an ISO or I need to sneakernet some small files.