I have a small form-factor Intel Atom-based PC to replace a PC in an industrial panel. I have it running the original application on FreeDOS, booting and running from a USB memory stick, and all is well. I now want to purchase a hard drive to replace the USB stick with a view to improved reliability. The application logs events and batch reports to hard drive at a rate of about 2MB per year - not much.
Will any USB drive work or so some require their drivers to be installed first (which wouldn't be possible if the driver is on the boot disk)?
Any other things to be aware of? And am I right not to trust the USB memory stick?