On Sat, 14 Mar 2009 21:33:39 -0700 "M. Edward (Ed) Borasky" <[email protected]> dijo:
> > Gentoo 2007 > > There was a 2008.0 Gentoo release -- should I burn copies of it? I > couldn't get it to boot on one of my machines, and the failure to > produce 2008.1 was one reason I switched from Gentoo to openSUSE. It would be better if you would put the ISO file on a CD. Then I can copy it off to the US drive. Using the USB drive I can burn the image as many times as necessary. Of course, we could also make copies of a boot CD, but most of us have only one CD drive so it takes forever to make the copy. Plus CDs get lost in the Clinic stuff - we already have so many it takes time to find the one you want. > I could also burn the current "minimal install" Gentoo media, but you > need a network connection and a lot of patience (or some bash scripts) > to install it. :) Network installs are fine for when you have good bandwidth. Free Geek does not have enough. > SystemRescue CD? CentOS? Debian Lenny? Actually, my favorite rescue CD is GRML. It boot super fast, mounts all the partitions it finds, and gives you a root command line. And it has all the utilities you might need as well, including some that are not used often. But I carry a Slax CD in my backpack because it has a GUI and that is frequently easier to use. > I've got a decent sized spindle I can bring. They're 52X and seem to > be burning clean, unlike the DVDs I've got. I've just been informed that we have more in the Clinic cabinet that I was unaware of. So we don't need any for the time being. _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
