Re: USB Stick with Password under Linux

That's the U3 drive "feature." You bought a stick that dedicates some
of the storage space to a hidden partition with the U3 "operating
system" that's needed to run the U3 applications. You cannot delete
this partition directly (supposedly U3 has a tool to do this, but it
didn't work for me). If you have no intention of using the U3
applications, buying a U3 memory stick is not a good idea. Read the
fine print on the packaging to see if the memory stick you're
considering is U3 or not. FWIW, I think U3 is a waste of time and
resources for most people, who simply want to use the memory stick to
store files. I returned the one I bought to Office Max and got a
"normal" USB memory stick.

On 12/31/2006 ubuntu-users-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
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Date: Sun, 31 Dec 2006 06:28:05 -0600
From: Steve Jeppesen <ampster40@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: USB Stick with Password under Linux
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On Sun, 31 Dec 2006 10:41:48 +0300
OOzy Pal wrote:


Can some one recommend a USB stick that I can password protect under
Linux and Windows?



I just purchased a Kingston U3 DataTraveler 1 gig this past weekend and
noticed it had a password/security function built into it - however I
am unable to test it in either O.S. right now as it is at my place of
business - and I'm not!

http://www.kingston.com/flash/datatraveler_home.asp

That link provides a listing of their various USB flashdrives, and the
top one is listed as "Kingston DataTraveler Secure Privacy
NEW! DataTraveler Secure - Privacy Edition " - maybe that would work as
well?

the datatraveler I purchased has a couple of annoyances though.

When you plug it in, it mounts two drives, one "cd-rom" type and
one for your data. That's for M$ and Linux. I can live with that.

The "cd-rom" mount doesn't allow you to delete anything, like a normal
cd-rom. And according to the instructions, it comes with preloaded
"apps" on the data mount that can be deleted if desired.

I found you can delete those apps on the data mount, but every time you
plug that sucker back in, either in M$ or Linux, it copies three files
back over from the cdrom mount. I find that to be rather suspicious
behavior myself and don't like it.

Other than that - it's really fast.

Hope this gets you pointed in a direction at least.

Steve


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