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Posted: Dec. 12 2006,17:55 QUOTE
I'm going to assume by "HD install"  you mean the 'traditional' debian-style way since you still haven't indicated which - then yes, you would have a slightly lower memory consumption, but i think the shorter startup time would be the only noticeable thing.

No idea if ext3 can be used with usb zip (i don't use this anyways) but DSL only has support for ext2, so ext3 partitions would be mounted as such.

I'd suggest that your current setup right now is optimal, unless you plan on doing something heavy (maybe add a swap?).
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Posted: Dec. 12 2006,18:13 QUOTE
Hmm... it will be used for browsing the web and for torrent downloading. It won't be switched off, so startup time is unimportant.
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Posted: Dec. 13 2006,00:25 QUOTE
So is the general consensus that I should go for USB ZIP?
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