On Mon, 19 Aug 2013 10:39:58 -0700
Dick Steffens <[email protected]> wrote:
> I think I'll still look into using a USB flash drive for the install
> media, though, even though the box I install on might have an optical
> drive. Saves burning a DVD and can be reused.
My desktop system doesn't like booting to random USB devices. I have
to reset the BIOS for every drive (but only one at a time!), and it
loses that setting once the drive's been removed. So I don't bother
with booting from USB, and use DVDs. OTOH, I got tired of burning two
DVDs every time a new Fedora release came out. (One for my 64-bit
desktop, and one for the 32-bit laptop.) So I bought a pack of 5
DVD-RW disks, and haven't had to burn (in more ways than one) a DVD
for Fedora since. CD-RW disks work nicely for the Live CDs, too. A
bit spendy at the outset, but I'm on my fifth release of Fedora on the
same pair of disks, so I consider it money well spent. Just a
thought.
--Dale
--
Excess on occasion is exhilarating. It prevents moderation from
acquiring the deadening effect of a habit.
-- W. Somerset Maugham
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