On November 3, 2025 7:32:59 PM GMT+02:00, Tomek CEDRO <[email protected]> wrote:
>On Mon, Nov 3, 2025 at 6:06 PM Sulev-Madis Silber
><[email protected]> wrote:
>> (..)
>> the optical disks are most of cases readonly, they could retain data well,
>> could be pressed into permanent disk, would be allowed in high security
>> environments where usb would be not maybe
>>
>> i miss the optical use cases here, anyone give me insight?
>
>1. read only / immutable.
>2. no moving parts = immune to mechanical malfunction like hdd.
>3. no electronics parts = immune to esd / emp like ssd.
>4. long life time far exceeding hdd/ssd (i.e. hard coat, or mdisk).
>5. small and light.
>
in installer context or all storage? i do hdd/flash here and i have written
some cd-r's. one rw. of course all are pretty much correct, or fully, depending
anyway it was about installer. i don't know if somebody wants to burn like bd-r
for install
so how many isos is practical?
and i wonder if larger usb stick owners could take dvd dl or some blu
or we still need separate usbs? with usb there is no standard size. with 64g,
avg size, you could iirc fit a quite a de's there and their deps
i wonder if image maker is solution. has own issues. how to verify it
whatever
