On Fri 18 Mar 2016 at 14:44:31 -0500, David Wright wrote: > But I've had no difficulty booting Debian from CD on any of my machines. > Obviously USBs are unsuitable for the ancient ones, though I await > a response to > https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2016/03/msg00677.html > with bated breath. Your proper route for eliciting a response would be in the referenced thread and not as an aside on an unrelated matter.