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List:       fedora-list
Subject:    Re: imminent /boot problem.
From:       Tim via users <users () lists ! fedoraproject ! org>
Date:       2024-02-25 18:40:46
Message-ID: d730161f0df7be3f1467a8533134a284ecad9990.camel () yahoo ! com ! au
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Tim:
>> I still have one ancient motherboard that cannot boot from USB
>> sticks.


Go Canes:
> Once upon a time you could use "plop boot manager" to boot off of USB
> devices if the motherboard didn't provide support.  Of course this
> meant that you had to have something that could boot plop, but as it
> was very small this would typically be a floppy disk.

I thought it used to be possible to use a GRUB boot floppy.  Not that
there's a floppy drive in this PC, though I could connect one.

It is old and quite useless.  I'd probably be better off with something
like a Raspberry Pi if I were going to try and use something low grunt
for running things around the house.  But since I have a server running
all the time, it makes little sense to run yet another thing.

I'd like to run the few WiFi controlled lights I have locally, all this
cloud stuff goes against the grain, I loathe things controlled by
mobile phones, even though I am doing that.  For that reason all the
main lighting has no smarts.  And I've heard tales of ambulances coming
to someone's rescue, and being unable to switch the lights on.

I'm also dubious about automatically switching on devices that could be
the cause of a fire.  If something went "pfft!" when you switched it
on, you'd immediately switch it off again.  But automatics switch
things on when you're not observing them.

Lightbulbs are relatively safe, in the grand scheme of things.  The old
incandescents especially so.  I have seen a compact fluorescent sizzle,
smoke, and spark.  I don't know if it would actually have caught fire
if I didn't immediately switch it off.  But all the electronics packed
into them aren't that trustworthy.  LEDs seem a bit less kablooey than
compact fluoros, more likely to die with just a whimper.
 
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