On Fri, 25 Oct 2013 17:49:59 +0200 Adam Borowski <kilobyte@angband.pl> wrote: > On Fri, Oct 25, 2013 at 07:51:48AM -0700, Andrew Kane wrote: > > > > ...I've been > > > > told multiple times that we still have a non-negligible set of > > > > users owning/running hardware that can't do DVDs. > > > > > > The set of hardware which can't boot from DVDs *or* boot from a > > > USB stick must surely be pretty tiny. (AIUI it is the DVD ISOs > > > which can be thrown onto a stick, so throwing away CDs wont hurt > > > that) > > > > > > Add in "or boot from network" and it must be a minuscule set. > > > > As someone who deals with a lot of random donated hardware, I can > > attest that we run into these cases frequently. It may be rare that > > new systems lack these capabilities, > > Donated x86 hardware that lacks an USB port? I kind of believe that > not. Donated x86 hardware with BIOS which lacks support for booting from the USB port is quite possible. -- Neil Williams ============= http://www.linux.codehelp.co.uk/
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