Does HD Installation have Persistent Store Like Live USB ?

[utu]

@Krishna

Thanks for the run-down on your setup. I am interested
in comparing the efficacy of the poor-man's-boot-the-iso-on-an-HDD
approach and the LiveUSB approach.

I guess it comes down to the transfer rates of each.
Didn't someone make that comparison sometime in the recent past?

In my three pc set-ups, each have both Windows and Linux OS's.
I strictly observe not writing across partitions from one fully
functional OS to another if the filesystems are different.
The hazard of needing to re-install an OS is what I hope to avoid,
not 'data loss', per se.

I favor my Win7 pc which, thanks to the OEM, allows me to select what
to boot-from among the choices of HDD, CD/DVD or USB media, each choice
being allowed to define its own boot process. I've never found a
friendlier 'multi-booting' scheme than this.

[krishna.murphy]

@Krishna

Thanks for the run-down on your setup. I am interested
in comparing the efficacy of the poor-man's-boot-the-iso-on-an-HDD
approach and the LiveUSB approach.

You're welcome!

I guess it comes down to the transfer rates of each.
Didn't someone make that comparison sometime in the recent past?

I must have missed it. But it makes perfect sense - HD wins, hands down, especially if you have a swap partition. Although, USB3 could be pretty quick in operation, too. Does anyone on the list have any experience with that?

In my three pc set-ups, each have both Windows and Linux OS's.
I strictly observe not writing across partitions from one fully
functional OS to another if the filesystems are different.

I favor having a data-only partition for e.g. movies, something nice and easy for both Linux and Winders. NTFS isn't suitable yet, because of the processor load, but FAT32 is working nicely. I hear that Windows access to ext2, at least, is available. Since it's data ONLY, you shouldn't have to ever reinstall for that reason.

The hazard of needing to re-install an OS is what I hope to avoid,
not 'data loss', per se.

I favor my Win7 pc which, thanks to the OEM, allows me to select what
to boot-from among the choices of HDD, CD/DVD or USB media, each choice
being allowed to define its own boot process. I've never found a
friendlier 'multi-booting' scheme than this.

Who is that masked OEM?

Cheers!
Krishna