From: Gordon@leaf.net.nz   
      
   On 2023-04-25, Josef Möllers  wrote:   
   > On 25.04.23 17:56, Mike Easter wrote:   
   >> Josef Moellers wrote:   
   >>> Do I need a DL DVD?   
   >>   
   >> It has been YEARS since I burned an optical for a linux .iso.  I have   
   >> stacks and stacks of old CDs w/ linux, and much smaller such dusty   
   >> collections of linux on DVD.   
   >   
   > I have a disk (HDD) that I keep ISO images on and whatever I then need,   
   > I burn onto a DVDRW, so I avoid having too much plastic lying around.   
   >   
   >>  I've put hundreds on USB since those days,   
   >> and currently my linux USBs are almost all Ventoy.   
   >>   
   >> Is there any special reason you need to go optical?   
   >   
   > No, as long as I can boot from the medium, I'm fine.   
   > I hadn't been aware that one can boot an ISO from a USB stick.   
   >   
   > Having said that ... I have now burned 20.04 (without the ".2") on the   
   > RW and was about to install from that and have the installer pull in the   
   > newer packages.   
   >   
   > But I may try a stick, having several lying around.   
   >   
   Please find the time to do so. It is likely that 5GB Linux isos will become   
   more frequent. Sooner or later one has to move with the times.   
      
   As suggested Ventoy is your first port of call. However some iso fail to   
   boot from Ventoy, only a few. In this case Etcher is the second port of   
   call.   
      
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