On 14.11.2011 13:03, Robert wrote: > Vladimir 'φ-coder/phcoder' Serbinenko wrote: >> On 14.11.2011 00:55, Robert wrote: >>> I'd like to boot from Grub into Firewire IEEE 1394 (ohci) ;-) >>> >> That's one thing we don't risk having soon. Few people even have such >> hardware (my laptop has no firewire connector at all). Some of my test >> machines have it but I have no firewire HDD. Even fewer of these people >> have required skills (it requires someone who had a similar experience >> like Aleš or me). And even less have motivation. Additionally since most >> of external HDDs supporting firewire also support USB, it seems pretty >> pointless. > > the FiWi HD here has USB here too. Yet via USB the usable HD speed is > 2x .. 4x slower on large file transfer, and it seems even slower on > many small files. > A HD on Firewire here is quite as fast as an internal one - seen on > two laptops. So via Firewire its feels really usable, while on USB its > half way to Knoppix .. > If it's a permanent setup you're better off with putting HDD internally. For Live system compatibility is often more important. So still a very corner case where few people would be motivated. > (as far as Linux is concerned, currently I help me using FiWi by > loading the Linux kernel&initrd from another device, which needs > special updates etc.) > > > _______________________________________________ > Grub-devel mailing list > Grub-devel@gnu.org > https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/grub-devel
-- Regards Vladimir 'φ-coder/phcoder' Serbinenko
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