18 Mar
2021
18 Mar
'21
10:11 p.m.
On 3/18/2021 6:36 AM, Lamar Owen wrote:
On 3/18/21 1:24 AM, John R. Dennison wrote:
It's not realistic to expect server-class machines not to be able to boot from dual-layer or USB media in 2021.
There are environments where USB or other writeable media are not allowed on premises.
While all DVD-ROM drives are supposed to read DL media, in practice the compatibility has not proven to be 100%. _______________________________________________
You can safely assume that a DVD+/-R written to by an admin and read in by a DVD-ROM is a one-way vector at that data transmission level, with nothing beyond the bits happening.
If your USB ports are sealed with epoxy, USB is indeed not an option... and that's a feature, not a bug.
-jc