HD install intermittant latency?

[PattiMichell]

OK, I reinstalled to my SD drive using the flash install utility - I'll test to see if it seems any faster than when I used the HD install to install to the SD drive. I think SD drives should be faster than HD's, no? One other question - should I mount other partitions, such as swap, in knoppix? I guess with the flash-style install, it's entirely self-contained, unlike the HD-style install.

The main reason I'm concerned with speed is because I'm looking for a Linux distro that I can use as a host for VirtualBox to virtualize the various OS's I use, rather than multi-booting them. I still use Linux mainly, so it needs to be a well-rounded distro. I've heard that Debian has a lot to offer, and Knoppix=Debian - but Debian itself it difficult on a laptop whereas Knoppix loves my laptop.

Patti