Re: Putting It All On a Stick
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'.
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.
--
Joe
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