* John Andersen <jsamyth@gmail.com> [08-08-17 22:04]:
On 08/08/2017 04:17 PM, gumb wrote:
Like a lot of the openSUSE wiki, that particular paragraph is rather out-of-date and could be more informative, but it seems the hipster crowd all moved onto USB sticks long ago and nobody pays attention anymore to what the wiki says about DVDs.
In a few years, you will find that USB stick will have been re-purposed and is no where to be found. The DVD on the shelf will still work when you need to re-install, and it costs 35 cents, and lasts at least a decade.
If its worth installing, its worth a permanent medium. I've got DVDs going back at least a decade for every system I've ever run, and I've still got running systems for some of them.
Buy 8Gig USB sticks, and you are lucky to get 2 gig writeable these days.
just picked up a Lexar 256 gig usb3 which shows: Disk /dev/sdj: 238.5 GiB, 256063307776 bytes, 500123648 sectors Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes Disklabel type: dos Disk identifier: 0x00000000 Device Boot Start End Sectors Size Id Type /dev/sdj1 64 500123647 500123584 238.5G c W95 FAT32 (LBA) -- (paka)Patrick Shanahan Plainfield, Indiana, USA @ptilopteri http://en.opensuse.org openSUSE Community Member facebook/ptilopteri Registered Linux User #207535 @ http://linuxcounter.net Photos: http://wahoo.no-ip.org/piwigo paka @ IRCnet freenode -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org