Matthew Miller composed on 2018-09-20 14:16 (UTC-0400):
On Thu, Sep 20, 2018 at 01:49:20PM -0400, Matthew Miller wrote:
More seriously: I don't think there are any systems in the
audiences
targeted by our release-blocking deliverables which are not better served by
booting from USB media.
FWIW, context, and acknowledging release criteria is not same thing as purging
functionality:
1-a non-zero number of PCs remaining in service here cannot boot from USB
(actual quantity impractical to ascertain among the large total number)
2-all (probably) PCs in service here have working OM drives (some have floppy
drives, among which one booted from less than a month ago)
3-OM are cheap and easy to buy in required capacities; USB are expensive both in
purchase cost and space waste
4-OM have plenty room to write a legible content catalog, USB the opposite
5-OM are physically easy to library, USB the opposite (disparate shapes and
sizes, with no purpose-made storage containers)
6-I bought two 5.25" DVD writers since the first of this month
7-I have yet to install any OS from USB media
Newer does not equate to better. IOW, USB media is a considerable PITA compared
to OM.
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