Years ago I managed to get a stripped down version of, maybe Leopard, maybe Snowy, onto an 8 GB flash drive, and it booted remarkably quickly, no more than 3 minutes, and it actually ran OK.
For its emergency purpose, it was great.
Originally Posted By: plantsower
Something to think about, although totally the opposite of what JoeMike said.
Totally in keeping, but not in agreement, with what joemike said:
Originally Posted By: joemikeb
While it is possible to have a bootable coy of an OS on a flash drive, if you don't mind waiting five or ten minutes to boot up and every thing running as if it were in a jar of molasses stored in a refrigerator.
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