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[-] lnxtx@feddit.nl 22 points 6 days ago

You all still have a LED inside USB flashdrive?

[-] hellfire103@lemmy.ca 12 points 6 days ago

Yep! I just installed Void about ten minutes ago off a 2GB stick from the mid-2000s. Somehow, those little sticks just keep going!

[-] ma1w4re@lemm.ee 6 points 6 days ago

Same! I have a 4gb white SanDisk stick, from like 12-14 years ago and is still working ๐Ÿ’€๐Ÿ’€ it even died on me once, and started working again after a few days ๐Ÿ˜ณ๐Ÿ˜ณ

[-] f4f4f4f4f4f4f4f4@sopuli.xyz 2 points 6 days ago

Keep them around. I was playing with and testing some ~15 years old mobos for work, and they would not boot from any USB3.0 stick I tried. Same images on an 8GB USB2.0 stick booted with no problem.

Name and shame: Biostar motherboard

[-] boonhet@lemm.ee 1 points 5 days ago

Don't worry, you can still buy USB 2.0 sticks nowadays.

They're priced almost the same as USB 3.whatever sticks. Literally. Add an euro or 2 and double the capacity and go to usb 3.0

[-] kekmacska@lemmy.zip 1 points 6 days ago

for an usb, it might work. For such an old hard drive, it won't. Linux will refuse to boot

[-] lnxtx@feddit.nl 1 points 5 days ago

I don't think so. Block device is a block device.

Maybe you have better knowledge, please elaborate.

[-] kekmacska@lemmy.zip 2 points 5 days ago

i know it from experience. When i wanted to install a modern Linux on a 2009 hdd, it installed, but simply refused to boot, even though hdsentinel said the hdd is 100โ„… healthy

[-] BCsven@lemmy.ca 8 points 6 days ago

I buy them specifically with LED. It s helpful for data transfer, but also helpful for doing a flash of new OS to old nas hardware... You have to hold reset button in on nas until you see it start to read USB (by LED) then you know you can release the reset button.

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