• BorgDrone@feddit.nl
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    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.

    • mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works
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      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?