Timeline for What happens if a root partition, mounted over USB, disconnects?
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| Mar 16 at 22:12 | vote | accept | preferred_anon | ||
| Mar 15 at 18:07 | comment | added | user10489 | Using an external usb hard drive with a flexible USB cable instead of a usb stick is more likely to be stable and less likely to die from too many writes wearing out the flash memory. External power for that might also help, but also makes it more likely to get unplugged accidentally. | |
| Mar 15 at 17:24 | answer | added | user10489 | timeline score: 2 | |
| Mar 15 at 14:12 | comment | added | oldfred | More likely it will corrupt system and at least fsck will be required. I use a SSD on my Windows laptop after some issues with dual boot where total reinstall from Dell erased my Kubuntu install. Better to use lighter weight flavor particularly if using slower flash drive. I found full installs on flash drive to write very slowly, but if enough RAM for working cache then functional. If HDD, make sure you have separate power, not just USB as often USB ports do not have enough power for HDDs. | |
| Mar 15 at 13:52 | history | asked | preferred_anon | CC BY-SA 4.0 |