On 23 February 2015 at 20:19, ToddAndMargo <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 02/23/2015 07:13 PM, Orion Poplawski wrote: > >> On 02/23/2015 07:32 PM, ToddAndMargo wrote: >> >>> On 02/21/2015 08:15 AM, Kevin Fenzi wrote: >>> >>>> On Fri, 20 Feb 2015 17:54:34 -0800 >>>> ToddAndMargo <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>> On 02/18/2015 06:12 PM, Kevin Fenzi wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> LibreOffice:: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> needed to recover M$ Office documents from >>>>>>>> corrupted Windows disks. And to demonstrate that >>>>>>>> if they upgrade to Linux, they don't need M$ Office. >>>>>>>> And they can play with it to see if they like it >>>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>> Way too large I think personally. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> You have 4.7 GB on the disk. And showing customers >>>>> they don;'t need M$ Office is a big deal, plus they >>>>> love to see their documents recovered. >>>>> >>>> >>>> No, we are currently targeting a 1gb usb, not a full sized dvd. :) >>>> >>>> We could of course change that... >>>> >>>> kevin >>>> >>> >>> Hi Kevin, >>> >>> I can not even find a 1 GB USB at my suppliers, except for >>> the terrible/cheap ones that are so very, very SLOW and >>> fall apart. >>> >> >> I doubt it's so much the storage on the user end as storage and >> bandwidth on the mirrors. >> >> >> > I have gotten around that by formatting with ext4 and > setting up for persistence. > > Problem is, I am finding it rather difficult to get most > PC's to actually boot off a USB stick. Some do, most don't. > Eh? I have dealt with a ton of Supermicro, Asus, and other motherboard computers and they have all worked with USB. Of course this is all hardware post 2010 so I am guessing the age might be an issue? > Supermicro's BIOS'es are an especially big pain in the neck > (not my exact word). Most PC's will boot off a DVD though. > And NO MAC (OSx) will boot off a Live USB without jumping > though some crazy hoops. > No recent Mac comes with a DVD either. > > > > > > -- > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Computers are like air conditioners. > They malfunction when you open windows > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > _______________________________________________ > xfce mailing list > [email protected] > https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/xfce > -- Stephen J Smoogen.
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