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Newer page:	version 16	Last edited on Tuesday, April 20, 2004 1:34:54 am	by AristotlePagaltzis	Revert
Older page:	version 3	Last edited on Monday, January 12, 2004 5:19:06 am	by LinuxCity	Revert

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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 and perfect for carrying one around on your keychain - hence the name. Their capacity is commonly ~~128MB~~ , which makes them a more sensible contemporary means of transporting data than ~~floppy disks~~ would be. You can even boot from ~~one,~~ if your [BIOS] ~~knows how to talk to them~~ .

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- [LinuxDistribution]s bootable directly from a KeyDrive ~~include~~

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-* [Flonix | http://flonix.tuxfamily.org]

-* LinuxMobileSystem

-* [Linux Key | http://linuxkey.biz]

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-~~There are also [LiveCD | WikiPedia:LiveCD]s such as [Mandrake] Move that~~ can use a KeyDrive to make your home directory and other configuration data persistent.

+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.