• Hellfire103@lemmy.caOP
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    16 hours 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!

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      15 hours ago

      Same! I have a 4gb white SanDisk stick, from like 12-14 years ago and is still working 💀💀 it even died on me once, and started working again after a few days 😳😳

    • f4f4f4f4f4f4f4f4@sopuli.xyz
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      13 hours 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

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      13 hours ago

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

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          2 hours 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 100℅ healthy