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		Kwpolska on July 28, 2011 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Isostick: the USB memory stick that thinks it’s an... No. This is useful for stupid OS-es that don't like being on a USB stick.

sid0 on July 28, 2011 [–]

The problem is I can't think of any. Windows, Linux and Mac OS X all support installation from a USB stick.

nitrogen on July 29, 2011 | [–]

As others have pointed out in other threads, some versions of some distributions of Linux will only load their resources from an "actual" optical disc drive (e.g. /dev/sr*).

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