Re: live media scan order
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On Sun, Dec 07, 2008 at 06:28:38PM +0000, T o n g wrote:
> On Sun, 07 Dec 2008 10:57:46 +0100, Ronny Standtke wrote:
>
> > My use case looks a little different: My users
[...]
> Yes, that's the scan order that Slax uses too. I like it, 'cause
> faster == better.
>
> "Try first the media just booted from" will mean that we will never enjoy
> the faster boot no matter what. It's true that image might be old, but
> the chance would be rather rare. I.e., over 99% time it would be correct,
> otherwise, it would still be faster to boot up with HD and overwrite them
> than booting up from slow CD.
Right. The point I was trying to make is that there is no Right Way to
scan the media. There might be a sane default (actually "fastest first"
might be a good sane default), but I see some need for a way to choose
another at (boot|config) time.
Regards
- -- tomás
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