3 Sep
2014
3 Sep
'14
3:41 a.m.
On Tue, 2 Sep 2014, David Christensen wrote:
On 09/01/2014 12:17 PM, Len Ovens wrote:
Have you been to your local dollar store lately? I have yet to buy a USB
drive there, but mouse, keyboard and USB hub are $3 each. USB sticks are
at least 1G same price or less... no shipping. (I actually think they were
4G)
SO far as that goes, from the same site:
http://www.oempcworld.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Product_Co…
http://www.oempcworld.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Product_Co…
For $1.26 more each you don't have to struggle to make it fit. I still
think dollar store will be cheaper... I think this is the one they have:
http://www.oempcworld.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Product_Co…
Next time I am there I will take a look just to be sure.
--
Len Ovens
www.ovenwerks.net
Cheap USB stick = 4G, it is hard to find a 1G USB
stick. Even 32G sticks
are not real expensive, though the difference between 16G and 32G in
price is more than it should be. A 2G live ISO will run from 2G. On a 4G
stick it can use the rest of the space to save data... no install required.
I agree that 8 and 16 GB USB 2.0 drives are the current cheap commodity items
in single unit quantities available "at retailers everywhere".
This was what I was talking about when I said "a cheap USB drive" "with
enough code to bootstrap a system that can connect to the network and
download the installer":
http://www.oempcworld.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Product_Co…
10 for $25.70 +tax +shipping. Enough room for Damn Small Linux, Debian
mini.iso, etc., and cheap enough that you can pass them out at an
installfest, LUG meeting, presentation, course, etc.. :-)