Validity of the CD size limit nowadays [Re: Features/ArchitectureSupport - changing what we build for]

[Matthew Woehlke]

Bruno Wolff III wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 05, 2009 at 18:10:32 -0600,
>   Matthew Woehlke <mw_triad at nospam.please> wrote:

Ahem. Please do not quote my e-mail address unobfuscated in message bodies.

>> Why not format it ext2/3/4? ;-) That's what I did (and went on to use  
>> the same stick to install Cambridge on my Asus).
> 
> Because then it can't be used to transfer files to and from windows systems
> without booting from it.

"windows systems"? What are those? ;-)

(I could also ask why you'd ever want to use such a system /without/ 
booting it from the stick so that you have a real OS :-), but I concede 
that if you have to deal with such, then needing to install a 'doze extX 
driver can be annoying.)

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Matthew
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