XigmaNAS

Newbie,

I'm about to setup a new nas4free server and was looking at the install files at sourceforge.
The size of the NAS4Free-x64-LiveCD-9.3.0.2.1213.iso file is 284.5 mb and the size of
the NAS4Free-x64-LiveUSB-9.3.0.2.1213.img file is 1.0 gb.

Does any body know why?

Big difference is LiveUSB have default 512MB swap.
Also OS area contains extra free space for future use.

Video4Ever wrote:Newbie,

I'm about to setup a new nas4free server and was looking at the install files at sourceforge.
The size of the NAS4Free-x64-LiveCD-9.3.0.2.1213.iso file is 284.5 mb and the size of
the NAS4Free-x64-LiveUSB-9.3.0.2.1213.img file is 1.0 gb.

Does any body know why?

Please use the embedded Version !

the live N4F is the embedded ver with facilities to install the embedded or full ver.
the embedded is the preferred install. one uses full only when one needs to.
the embedded is also faster owing to the bandwidth between CPU and RAM
[other links in the file transfer chain may make this irrelevant]

the embedded install re loads a standard instillation of N4F to RAM with each boot and will store the configuration file.
the full version can be modified and is semi supported on the forum [if you break it and no one has an easy answer; sorry]
using the live version with out further instillation of either sort, requires additional FAT storage for the configuration. [25 Kb +/-]
I once ran with a live CD boot and an old 8 Mb camera card in a usb reader.

Historically, a CD and a floppy did the job of loading the embedded OS and the floppy saved config to the RAM [the boot process.]
they did not spin again until the next boot.
Embedded OS is a must for USB flash booting. the cheap flash suffers write wear and will quickly fail if storing the "in-use" full OS.
SSDs have better flash, wear leveling, and extra capacity to replace bad sectors. USB data storage flash does not.

next copied from an ad with a slight edit.
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consumer-based flash memory using multi-level cell (MLC) chips.
The wear-leveling algorithm of a good flash device extends the module's lifetime and performance
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Thanks All for the info!