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-A KeyDrive is basically a bit of flash memory with a [USB] interface. They're roughly as large as a thumb (so sometimes referred to as "thumb drive") and perfect for carrying one around on your keychain (hence the name "key drive"). Their capacity is commonly 128[MB], which makes them a more sensible contemporary means of transporting data than [FloppyDisk]s would be. You can even boot from one,
if your [BIOS] knows how to talk to them
. Some [LinuxDistribution]s are bootable directly from a KeyDrive, others can use a KeyDrive to make your home directory and other configuration data persistent.
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-Another cuse for [KeyDrive]s is for storing [GPG] [PrivateKey]s so that they are never written to the HardDrive
.
+A KeyDrive is basically a bit of flash memory with a [USB] interface. They're roughly as large as a thumb (so sometimes referred to as "thumb drive") and perfect for carrying one around on your keychain (hence the name "key drive"). Their capacity is commonly 128[MB], which makes them a more sensible contemporary means of transporting data than [FloppyDisk]s would be. Such data could be your various [PrivateKey]s (for [SSH], [GPG], etc) so you never need to store them on a HardDisk
. You can even boot from a KeyDrive
if your [BIOS] supports this
. Some [LinuxDistribution]s are bootable directly from a KeyDrive, others can use a KeyDrive to make your home directory and other configuration data persistent.
See also:
* HotPlug
* WikiPedia:Keydrive
