On Tuesday 20 March 2018 01:13:27 Felix Miata wrote:
deloptes composed on 2018-03-20 08:36 (UTC+0100):
Felix Miata wrote:
Testing for 64-bit support shouldn't be hard or need "techie" help. Fetch and burn a 64-bit network install .iso instead of a DVD, a small fraction of download size and time, and see what happens in clean / install mode.
Verifying 64-bit support would be another use for the Knoppix DVD or CD I previously mentioned that a Gparted CD wouldn't likely be designed to do.
Felix, I didn't follow up this in detail, but why would one use DVD or CD today, when there is USB stick that cost nothing?! We are in 21st century
Where are there sticks that cost nothing in any quantity?
OM are *far* cheaper than any sticks I ever got, especially on a size actually needed and/or fitting basis, e.g. 670M for CD, 4G for DVD; and cheap enough to use once and discard.
OM have room to write legibly on them what they contain
OM are uniform size and shape, much easier to catalog and inventory than hundreds of different size and shape sticks.
I have memory sticks sitting right here beside me; I extracted them from my old desktop after it got fried in a power surge. What I think our other participant means is that (assuming one has a flash drive that's empty), it costs nothing to burn the image to that drive, use it once for its intended purpose, then erase the image; thus not wasting any CDs or DVDs.
As for the relative expense or cheapness of other memory sticks, right now I have to scrape together my spare change to buy toilet paper. (No, I am not joking.) In another few month, I expect that I will get my finances a little more under control, but at present buying anything at all is a luxury.
For future reference, though, I will file away this information.
Bill