Using an ipod as a bootable HDD?

I was recently thinking of buying an external harddrive for my computer and putting an OS, leaning twords linux :P, on it (so I could, essentially, take my computer with me even though it's a desktop). But then I realized I might just be able to use my ipod as that harddrive instead of having to carry all of that extra stuff around.
After looking up on it, though, it came to my attention that the harddrives in the 5th/6th gen ipods (might get a 6th) were not built for the same use as a regular harddrive (and therefore wont last nearly as long.... and remember, im going to be using this as my music player as well so i don't want to have it die on me).
----So my question for someone who actually knows what they're saying is:
How long will either of those drives last for day-to-day computing if they were to be the HDD of my computer? (for the operating system, internet, word, media veiwing, ect)
thanks in advance to anyone who bothers to reply
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    B-rock

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    Forum Tip: Since you're new here, you've probably not discovered the Search feature available on every Discussions page, but next time, it might save you time (and everyone else from having to answer the same question multiple times) if you search a couple of ways for a topic, both in the relevant forums, in the User Tips Library and in the Apple Knowledge Base before you post a question.
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