> Hello Everyone,
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> As you may have noticed in RC4, we decided to reduce the size of the LiteUSB
> stick. Since that edition only contains BASE, it can be squeezed onto a 16mb
> flash drive or memory car with about 0.5mb of free space leftover. Those who
> need to drop some files on a flash drive can use the 512mb FullUSB image. It
> has roughly 140mb of unused capacity.
> There are pros and cons to using such a small image. Iâll just mention a
> couple off the top of my head.
> PRO: Although they are becoming more rare, flash storage of that capacity
> does still exist. It seems wasteful to force someone to use a larger flash
> drive than required.
> CON: Flash storage under 1gb are getting rare. It may be much more useful to
> users to have that extra free space already on their flash drive without the
> need to jump through hoops. Perhaps, maybe even the FullUSB image should be
> 1 or 2gb leaving tons of free space.
> CON: In theory, if the capacity was greater, we could provide a simple tool
> (maybe a dozen commands or so in a batch file) that could change the install
> media to a working FreeDOS on USB stick.
> In an ideal world, the images would âshipâ as small as possible. Then we
> would have a user friendly multi-platform tool to expand the image to use the
> entire capacity of the flash medium. But, we donât have one. And, I donât
> really have the spare time to do one myself at present.
> What are your thoughts on the size and extra capacity for the LiteUSB edition
> of the release?
> Or maybe, just have a FullUSB edition and there is no point in having a
> LiteUSB?
> :-)
> Jerome
Where do you find USB sticks < 4 GB? Even 4 GB is scarce now, and if
available, likely to cost as much as 8 GB.
Smaller USB image might be easier to download for somebody without the latest
broadband speeds, but for writing to a flash drive, there is no point in
anything less than the FullUSB edition.
Tom
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