USB memory stick: what brand, model is best?

[Kevin Cozens]

verbum-qazKcTl6WRFWk0Htik3J/w at public.gmane.org wrote:
> Awkwardly, I don't have any experience with USB memory sticks, 
> and SOME caution evidently has to be exercised when shopping; 
[snip]
> Can anyone make a shopping recommendation?  

I have used Intelli Sticks (256 and 512Meg versions IIRC), some Lexar(?) 
USB sticks (the ones that come in orange, green, and red cases based on 
their size), and a third version (unfortunately can't remember their name 
right now). I have booted Linux from all the above types with no problems.

I have tried a pair of 512Meg PNY Attache memory sticks. Experience with 
them so far says to stay away from them.

> On February 19, 2006 10:05 pm, Daniel Armstrong wrote:
> Damn Small Linux ( http://www.damnsmalllinux.org/ ) is a 50mb Live CD, that 
> can create a boot floppy that then boots from a USB.  

You can boot DSL from a USB memory stick without the use of a floppy disk. 
I know because I have done it when I was testing out small Linux distros as 
part of a project I was working on for a client.

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