Re: Sell CD/DVD +USB?
21/04/2015, 17:15, Paul Wise :
> On Tue, Apr 21, 2015 at 4:56 PM, Alexandre Delanoë wrote:
>
> > In the short term we could add all of them but what about the long
> > term ? Maybe the question will not rise up. So we could ignore such
> > question.
>
> I think by the time that is an issue, CD/DVD and maybe USB will be
> obsolete and have no more vendors.
Indeed.
> > Another issue deals with the rules to accept new supports: what kind
> > of supports are accepted ? Suppose a new company wants to promote
> > a new media. Let's call it "YYY media", if they ask to add it on
> > the list, what are the rules to accept it ? Maybe it is a premature
> > question.
>
> It seems reasonable to add new media that is used for boot media for
> devices that can boot d-i, I don't see any need to mention media that
> can't be booted from (can SD/uSD cards be booted?).
I have tried with raspbian already (but there is a hack in fact to make
it bootable); I should try with a simple dd debian.iso to be sure.
> I doubt the Debian media vendors page would ever be considered
> important enough for a new media standard to use it for promotion :)
:)
> > So, according to your message I can add the BD media support as an
> > option, right ? If yes, I will do it in the next patch (I have already
> > done one for USB).
>
> I think so yes.
Ok, thanks for your reply.
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Alexandre Delanoë
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