On Fri 18 Mar 2016 at 16:09:47 -0500, David Wright wrote: > On Fri 18 Mar 2016 at 20:06:32 (+0000), Brian wrote: > > On Fri 18 Mar 2016 at 14:44:31 -0500, David Wright wrote: > > > > > But I've had no difficulty booting Debian from CD on any of my machines. > > > Obviously USBs are unsuitable for the ancient ones, though I await > > > a response to > > > https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2016/03/msg00677.html > > > with bated breath. > > > > Your proper route for eliciting a response would be in the referenced > > thread and not as an aside on an unrelated matter. > > Felix Miata asked a question of you in that post.
Felix Miata asked a question of the List. Directing it at something I said does not oblige me to answer it nor prevent anyone searching with 'usb boot without bios support' and providing a response. > Should I ask the same question and attach it to the same post as Felix did? > Or should I say "Me Too!" and attach it to Felix's post? > I can't see any role for me in that subthread besides those. Not having anything to contribute is always a good reason for keeping quiet. > OTOH mentioning the thread here might cause William Lee Valentine, > or others, to take an interest if his Pentium III, like mine, won't > boot from USB without "ways around it". Is mentioning one thread > in another improper? It's not as if one can talk behind someone's > back in a public list. William Lee Valentine's only post is about installing newer kernels and has nothing to with booting a Debian image. Bringing up the latter topic is not improper, just pointless.
