2009/1/8 Matt Sealey <matt@genesi-usa.com>:
On Wed, Dec 17, 2008 at 8:25 AM, Birger Kollstrand <birger.kollstrand@googlemail.com> wrote:
10. Default media made for USB key as well as DVD.
It actually requires a hell of a lot of setup to get a USB key bootable, more than you could possibly do by shipping a file. I guess a little Windows installer would be okay that shoved a bootloader on there, and copied the NET iso stuff there (or even the full DVD) but that kind of defeats the object of perhaps grabbing a clean system and installing SUSE from scratch from a USB key. You'd need an existing system to do it.. which is the computing equivalent IMO of waterboarding.
Aw come on, it's far more sensible to install on a "clean" system, when you've got another near by, that you can check up on things, and/or do something useful rather than watch those installer info screens. I think the only time I actually was preoccupied by an install, was with COL2 in 1999, which actually invited you to play ksirtet, whilst it did the work in a rather impressive pipelined manner. How many ppl without internet access via another computer, are going to be fiddling about with USB key, rather than DVD boxset, or a Live CD or DVD image? -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-factory+help@opensuse.org