On Sun, 31 Jul 2016 10:59:44 +0200 "Brian Wengel" <b...@wengel.dk> wrote:
> I guess I wasn't clear....don't see my post as a wish or argument for > larger image sizes or the like. Actually the smaller the better, I > agree. I'm talking about media. The debian developers should erase > CD/DVD from their brian, and only focus on the technologies we use > today and have used for many years. Horses for courses. I backed up my current encrypted laptop work partition to a DVD yesterday. I make the partitions 4GB for that specific reason. I can write a label on it. They cost less than 20p, or 25c US. I have various USB sticks, a couple of which I carry in my wallet, along with several micro-SD cards and that tiny Kingston USB card reader. I use USB sticks for things other than plain files only when I have to, as I've had all kinds of compatibility problems with them. Even now, my main work stick invariably invokes a rude message from Windows 8, offering to fix it, despite the fact that it seems to work and is formatted FAT32. > > Are we seriously discussing floppy images? :-P No. I threw out my last tomsrtbt a few years ago, after many years of sterling service. Now I carry a Knoppix DVD *and* a USB stick. > > (and an apology to the list, I think it was a wrong place to target > my post, as Mark pointed out) > It is about Debian, we are Debian users. -- Joe
