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 --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: trinity-users-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx For additional commands, e-mail: trinity-users-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Read list messages on the web archive: http://trinity-users.pearsoncomputing.net/ Please remember not to top-post: http://trinity.pearsoncomputing.net/mailing_lists/#top-posting
