On Thu, Aug 6, 2015 at 5:23 PM, Chris Murphy <lists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Thu, Aug 6, 2015 at 3:04 PM, Fred Smith > <fredex@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> On Thu, Aug 06, 2015 at 02:49:27PM -0600, Chris Murphy wrote: >>> On Thu, Aug 6, 2015 at 2:45 PM, Felix Miata <mrmazda@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>> > Chris Murphy composed on 2015-08-06 13:19 (UTC-0600): >>> > >>> >> Adam Williamson wrote: >>> > >>> >>> On Thu, 2015-08-06 at 13:55 -0400, Joerg Lechner wrote: >>> > >> <snip> >>> > IOW, answer to OP is no difference whatsover, except possibly for a >>> > slight speed difference if USB3 rather than USB2 or Firewire. >>> >>> Yeah. And I don't even know if Fedora supports those interfaces for >>> booting. Obviously USB is for install media, because it has to, but >>> for /boot or root fs? I don't think so. There's no test for it anyway. >> >> i've certianly booted many fedora versions from USB,... both USB HD >> and USB flash sticks. why would you think it might not work? > > For the same reason anything might not work. The question raised by > "does Fedora support" means would Fedora block a release if this > didn't work. Yes if it were USB install media. But if for some reason > either installing to or booting from a system installed onto a USB > stick or drive? I don't know. Again there isn't a test case for USB > explicitly. > > I'd think it's more of an issue for ARM where USB and SD installations > are probably typical, where on x86 they're rare. Far from typical on x86 I'm sure, but I feel it is becoming a little more common due to rising popularity of x86 based tablets. I use one myself and rather than split the meager internal storage between Windows and Linux I just keep Linux on an SD card. Works great. -- test mailing list test@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/test
