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Re:Isostick: the USB memory stick that thinks it’s an optica... by dfc on Thursday July 28, 2011 @02:14PM (#2818148)
It seems like you would still need to copy the rpm repo to another medium?

Apt changed my life...<3 debian.

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Re:Isostick: the USB memory stick that thinks it’s an optica... by darklajid on Thursday July 28, 2011 @07:25PM (#2819433)
Hm? I read the GP as saying

"If you boot the iso from a harddrive (or the equivalent, a 'normal' usb stick) the installer fails because it explicitly looks for a CD/optical medium containing the repository"

With the gadget in this article that wouldn't be an issue anymore: The thumbdrive _is_ an optical drive for all the OS knows.

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