[Leaplist] thrumbdrive 4gb..

[Hank Lambert]

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Hank Lambert
KN4MTO
Certified Geek

-----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 12:22 PM
To: This is the Leap Main List
Subject: Re: [Leaplist] thrumbdrive 4gb..

Hank Lambert wrote:
> My wife and I are going through all of the sales flyers right now, and I
am
> seeing the SanDisk 4GB ReadyBoost USB flash drives for $27.98 - $29.99.
> Staples even has a $10.00 rebate on top of the sales price of $27.98. I
> currently have one for storage, but I am going to purchase one so that I
can
> install BackTrack Linux on one for work. BackTrack requires 2.2 GB, just
> over the 2 GB USB drive size. The 4GB size will actually work better
because
> it gives me room to customize the install and save documents as well.
>
> Hank Lambert
> KB4MTO
> Certified Geek
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: leaplist-bounces at leap-cf.org [mailto:leaplist-bounces at leap-cf.org]
On
> Behalf Of J.T. Hayden
> Sent: Thursday, November 22, 2007 7:05 AM
> To: fred at fmeco.com; 'This is the Leap Main List'
> Subject: RE: [Leaplist] thrumbdrive 4gb..
>
> 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
>
>   
you are welcome.. meaning that they are only on sale because I already
purchased one.. Fred

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