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Re: USB Full OS...

Ram — Mon Jan 14, 2013 10:28 am

Author: Ram

Posted: Mon Jan 14, 2013 10:28 am

Rhakios wrote:

Dutch_Master wrote:

Just noticed his "rank" is "Forum Jester" and a suitable avatar to boot too

Surely he needs a clown fish for his avatar?

No no, that'll be an insult to clowns.

Re: USB Full OS...

Rhakios — Sun Jan 13, 2013 11:43 pm

Author: Rhakios

Posted: Sun Jan 13, 2013 11:43 pm

Dutch_Master wrote:

Just noticed his "rank" is "Forum Jester" and a suitable avatar to boot too

Surely he needs a clown fish for his avatar?

Re: USB Full OS...

Dutch_Master — Sun Jan 13, 2013 10:21 pm

Author: Dutch_Master

Posted: Sun Jan 13, 2013 10:21 pm

Just noticed his "rank" is "Forum Jester" and a suitable avatar to boot too

Serves him right

Re: USB Full OS...

1slipperyfish — Sun Jan 13, 2013 7:31 pm

Author: 1slipperyfish

Posted: Sun Jan 13, 2013 7:31 pm

1slipperyfish (troll) wrote:

nelz wrote:

You know you've hit rock bottom when you get spelling advice from Mr Fishy

i'm a well known woollyback
paul

no way i won't be silent about my abuse at the hands of these moderators

Re: USB Full OS...

1slipperyfish — Sun Jan 13, 2013 12:56 pm

Author: 1slipperyfish

Posted: Sun Jan 13, 2013 12:56 pm

nelz wrote:

You know you've hit rock bottom when you get spelling advice from Mr Fishy

i'm a well known woollyback
paul

Re: USB Full OS...

nelz — Sun Jan 13, 2013 11:43 am

Author: nelz

Posted: Sun Jan 13, 2013 11:43 am

You know you've hit rock bottom when you get spelling advice from Mr Fishy

Re: USB Full OS...

1slipperyfish — Sun Jan 13, 2013 10:33 am

Author: 1slipperyfish

Posted: Sun Jan 13, 2013 10:33 am

yo birfday bruf i don't know it this is of any help but you wrote

Quote:

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and

Quote:

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hth
paul

Re: USB Full OS...

Bazza — Wed Jan 09, 2013 3:31 pm

Author: Bazza

Posted: Wed Jan 09, 2013 3:31 pm

Hi WC...

Story so far...

PCLinuxOS 2009 fully working along with E-UAE autorunning into E-UAE...

Latest AROS still twitchy and unstable for me and would not install to a brand new 8GB USB stick. I kept getting R/W errors then locking up in a loop as I tried to exit the install. The same occured with my spare 4GB stick which HAD a live PCLinuxOS on it that gave no errors at all in that mode... I tried both FFS and SFS file formats but to no avail...

So my netbook is now a _clone_ of my A1200 and what fun it is too...

CYA...

Re: USB Full OS...

wyliecoyoteuk — Mon Jan 07, 2013 7:44 pm

Author: wyliecoyoteuk

Posted: Mon Jan 07, 2013 7:44 pm

Unfortunately, it can be very fussy about which USB sticks it accepts, but as long as they are fast enough, it seems to work OK.

Re: USB Full OS...

Paradigm Shifter — Sun Jan 06, 2013 7:00 pm

Author: Paradigm Shifter

Posted: Sun Jan 06, 2013 7:00 pm

SSD tech is advancing rapidly - an older SSD, particularly one in a netbook, may be nearly as basic as a USB memory stick in terms of write/wear levelling. Thus, it will wear out very quickly.

If you're intending to use that system a lot, I'd recommend cloning that USB stick every week or so. Even then, it will suddenly up and die on you.

Fortunately, unless you demand quite fast read/write speeds, 8GB/16GB USB sticks aren't too expensive at the minute.

Re: USB Full OS...

Bazza — Sun Jan 06, 2013 12:16 pm

Author: Bazza

Posted: Sun Jan 06, 2013 12:16 pm

Hi WC...

Just downloaded the RAR file so will start the work tonight onto my 8GB USB stick...

If I like then it will stay and my PCLinuxOS on the 16GB USB stick will be on standby...

Gonna search AMINET now for AROS related stuff, especially Python...

EDIT: Got the DVD ISO and I am suitably impressed. Now to attempt a USB stick version...

Re: USB Full OS...

wyliecoyoteuk — Sun Jan 06, 2013 10:34 am

Author: wyliecoyoteuk

Posted: Sun Jan 06, 2013 10:34 am

AspireOS is tailored for the AA1, even the wifi works.
The latest version is quite stable.

Re: USB Full OS...

Bazza — Sun Jan 06, 2013 10:00 am

Author: Bazza

Posted: Sun Jan 06, 2013 10:00 am

Hi WC...

Yes I have. The last time was in October last year and was not stable for me on my old HP note book and not so old HP laptop.

Never thought about the AA1 though, might be worth a try...

I do intend to keep looking at it though until I find it stable - then - I will make it my alternative AMIGA OS running in _parallel_ with E-UAE and WinUAE, and of course my A1200(HD).

It will be nice to start coding AMIGA like again... ;o)

Re: USB Full OS...

wyliecoyoteuk — Sun Jan 06, 2013 9:47 am

Author: wyliecoyoteuk

Posted: Sun Jan 06, 2013 9:47 am

Have you tried out AROS?
I am running the AspireOS variant on my AA1.

Re: USB Full OS...

Bazza — Sun Jan 06, 2013 12:30 am

Author: Bazza

Posted: Sun Jan 06, 2013 12:30 am

Hi al...

I am well aware of the flaws involved with USB sticks and also the data rates...

As my USB drive is already old and will be mainly used in AMIGA emulation mode I am not to worried about life. The genuine SSD in this machine barely lasted 2.5 years before absolute failure, and these are designed for the job. USB sticks make the machine fully usable again, plus it was fun to work out.