default media size [Was: Proposed F18 feature: MiniDebugInfo]

[Gerry Reno]

On 05/15/2012 12:21 PM, Adam Williamson wrote:
> On Tue, 2012-05-15 at 09:52 -0400, Gerry Reno wrote:
>
>>>> The most important issue in this thread is ability to boot from USB2.0.
>>> No, it isn't. mjg59 wrote:
>>>
>>> "the inability to boot from anything larger than a CD and no USB ports
>>> that can be bootstrapped from a bootloader sitting on a CD or floppy."
>>>
>>> So you're talking past each other. You are assuming that direct boot
>>> from USB is the minimum. Matthew reckons bootstrapping from a CD or
>>> floppy is fine.
>> You can bootstrap from a CD to then boot from USB drives:
>>
>> Example:
>> http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/16822/boot-from-a-usb-drive-even-if-your-bios-wont-let-you/
> Ummmm...yes. That's exactly what mjg59 said and what I pointed out more
> clearly that he said. Your saying it again does not immediately appear
> to contribute much to the debate. :)

Just a concrete example for those that like such things.  :-)

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