Re: Putting It All On a Stick
On Wednesday 30 December 2015 20:32:30 Joe wrote:
> On Wed, 30 Dec 2015 19:41:08 +0000
>
> Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com> wrote:
> > On Wednesday 30 December 2015 19:34:54 Steve Matzura wrote:
> > > The USB thumb drive idea was just something I
> > > thought I would try to make work because it's convenient to carry it
> > > around and use on various hardwares I encounter on a regular basis
> > > in my travels as the itinerant accessible computing guy.
> >
> > Now that is not really suitable for the net-install CD because the
> > Internet connection could be ropy.
>
> Two different things. 'Install from net' does not mean 'run from net'.
Obviously. But we are specifically talking about installation here.
>
> I have a small mechanical USB hard drive which was originally booted
> from a netinstall, but by the time I had finished installing (plugged
> into an amd64 workstation) it would boot on practically anything
> i386-based. I did a 32-bit installation, and asked for all drivers at
> the appropriate time. I've only found one PC on which it won't boot.
>
> I travel with a Win8 laptop, for various reasons, and if I want to use
> public wifi, I boot it from this external drive, thereby avoiding the
> whole Win8-dual-boot can of worms.
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