03-13-2012, 03:15 PM
Speed of flash drives is not a constant and some are faster than others, I use Mushkin enhanced Mulholland 8GB flash drives with a small 10.6 install and entire suite of various troubleshooting utilities. Friend of mine tried the same thing with cheap flash drive from Frys and it was so slow as to be unusable, he asked me about it and after switching to the Mushkin model he was amazed at the difference. Google search shows prices are reasonable for something that works.
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