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minus-squareBorgDrone@feddit.nllinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 hours ago Linux distros (either install media or straight live boot disks like Tails) What’s the advantage of using a slow USB drive instead of just network-booting the install media or mounting it through IPMI? moving files larger than like fucking 2gb without relying on spyware or self hosting a cloud service Just send the data between machines using SCP, much easier and faster. redundant backups of your most important files Backups you do either to a NAS or to a Thunderbolt-connected SSD, not a USB-A drive. Again, much too slow to use a USB drive.
minus-squaremnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·28 minutes ago What’s the advantage of using a slow USB drive instead of just network-booting the install media or mounting it through IPMI? Why spend 30 minutes setting up the networking when I could just plug in the USB and go do something else for 5 minutes?
What’s the advantage of using a slow USB drive instead of just network-booting the install media or mounting it through IPMI?
Just send the data between machines using SCP, much easier and faster.
Backups you do either to a NAS or to a Thunderbolt-connected SSD, not a USB-A drive. Again, much too slow to use a USB drive.
Why spend 30 minutes setting up the networking when I could just plug in the USB and go do something else for 5 minutes?