[Leaplist] thrumbdrive 4gb..

[J.T. Hayden]

Fred I could actually use 4 (if they are the one gig ones I remember) or
better 4 if they are large enough to install a FULL linux OS on them with
the anti-virus programs I would want to run.

          J.T. Hayden
             KG4BFJ
 
home\office  -  407.891.1835
office\mobile -  407.922.3091
-----Original Message-----
From: leaplist-bounces at leap-cf.org [mailto:leaplist-bounces at leap-cf.org] On
Behalf Of Fred Moore
Sent: Thursday, November 22, 2007 03:07
To: This is the Leap Main List
Subject: Re: [Leaplist] thrumbdrive 4gb..

J.T. Hayden wrote:
> For what EVER reason, that drive is no longer produced, many of my RR
> computer techs have been looking for that type drive, but its no where to
be
> found.
>
>           J.T. Hayden
>              KG4BFJ
>  
> home\office  -  407.891.1835
> office\mobile -  407.922.3091
> -----Original Message-----
> From: leaplist-bounces at leap-cf.org [mailto:leaplist-bounces at leap-cf.org]
On
> Behalf Of John Simpson
> Sent: Wednesday, November 21, 2007 00:47
> To: fred at fmeco.com; This is the Leap Main List
> Subject: Re: [Leaplist] thrumbdrive 4gb.. 
>
> On 2007-11-18, at 0725, Fred Moore wrote:
>   
>> Circuit City has 4GB SanDisk Cruzer for 59 bucks.. you can even do a
>> free 24 minute pickup at the store.. This drive has U3 on it..   While
>> U3 won't boot under linux, it acts like a standard usb drive..
>>     
>
> the U3 stuff can be removed, although you have to do it on a windoze  
> machine... once that's done, the entire 4GB becomes usable. i've had  
> one for a while, i have it partitioned as 500MB for windoze and 3.5GB  
> for mac.
>
> one strange thing was that when i first set this up, windoze couldn't  
> see the windoze partition at all- but when i re-formatted it with the  
> windoze partition as sda1 and the mac partition as sda2 (actually  
> "disk2s0" and "disk2s1" on the mac) windoze was able to see and use  
> the FAT32 partition.
>
> what i'm actually looking for, and haven't seen for a few years, is a  
> USB memory stick with a physical write-protect switch. i have one,  
> which i use to carry around windoze anti-virus and security programs,  
> so that i can install them on clients' windoze machines, but it's only  
> 512MB and i really need a 1GB or bigger. if anybody knows where i can  
> find one, WITH A HARDWARE WRITE-PROTECT SWITCH, please let me know.
>
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http://www.circuitcity.com/ssm/SanDisk-4GB-Cruzer-Micro-with-ReadyBoost-SDCZ
64096A10R/sem/rpsm/oid/184244/catOid/-13257/rpem/ccd/productDetail.do

how many do you want.. Fred

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Fred/WD8KNI


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