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Re: Installing Mavericks from thumb drive

From Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com>
Newsgroups comp.sys.mac.system
Subject Re: Installing Mavericks from thumb drive
Date 2014-03-05 15:25 +0000
Organization People for the Ethical Treatment of Pirates
Message-ID <bnou06FofvfU3@mid.individual.net> (permalink)
References <51W5y0sPNk52-pn2-d1Xd3K2Hdcen@localhost> <040320141701338213%nospam@nospam.invalid> <lf5lf0$n2c$1@dont-email.me> <040320141807184922%nospam@nospam.invalid> <bfiorto8u4.fsf@ethel.the.log>

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On 2014-03-04, Doug Anderson <ethelthelogremovethis@gmail.com> wrote:
> nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> writes:
>
>> In article <lf5lf0$n2c$1@dont-email.me>, Király <me@home.spamsucks.ca>
>> wrote:
>> 
>> > > > If yes, what size drive is needed?
>> > > 
>> > > 16 gig, but it might be possible to stuff it into 8 gig but why bother
>> > > since they're so cheap.
>> > 
>> > My Mavericks installer download was only 5.31 GB.
>> 
>> 2 gig free space is tight and 16 gig sticks are under 10 bucks.
>
> How about just saying "Oops.  I was wrong.  8gig is enough."
>
> Would that make your head explode? 

He won't do it. He'll weasel around and try to find reasons why 8GB
*isn't* sufficient, even though it is perfectly sufficient for this use.

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Installing Mavericks from thumb drive "John Varela" <newlamps@verizon.net> - 2014-03-04 21:49 +0000
  Re: Installing Mavericks from thumb drive nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2014-03-04 17:01 -0500
    Re: Installing Mavericks from thumb drive me@home.spamsucks.ca (Király) - 2014-03-04 22:52 +0000
      Re: Installing Mavericks from thumb drive nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2014-03-04 18:07 -0500
        Re: Installing Mavericks from thumb drive Doug Anderson <ethelthelogremovethis@gmail.com> - 2014-03-04 15:14 -0800
          Re: Installing Mavericks from thumb drive nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2014-03-04 18:20 -0500
            Re: Installing Mavericks from thumb drive Doug Anderson <ethelthelogremovethis@gmail.com> - 2014-03-04 17:34 -0800
              Re: Installing Mavericks from thumb drive nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2014-03-04 22:33 -0500
                Re: Installing Mavericks from thumb drive me@home.spamsucks.ca (Király) - 2014-03-05 05:19 +0000
                Re: Installing Mavericks from thumb drive nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2014-03-05 00:32 -0500
                Re: Installing Mavericks from thumb drive Barry OGrady <atheist@hotmail.com.au> - 2014-03-09 20:23 +1100
                Re: Installing Mavericks from thumb drive Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-03-09 17:49 +0000
                Re: Installing Mavericks from thumb drive dorayme <do_ray_me@bigpond.com> - 2014-03-11 11:03 +1100
                Re: Installing Mavericks from thumb drive Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2014-03-05 05:57 +0000
                Re: Installing Mavericks from thumb drive Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-03-05 15:40 +0000
              Re: Installing Mavericks from thumb drive Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-03-05 15:38 +0000
                Re: Installing Mavericks from thumb drive nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2014-03-05 10:51 -0500
                Re: Installing Mavericks from thumb drive Doug Anderson <ethelthelogremovethis@gmail.com> - 2014-03-05 11:43 -0800
                Re: Installing Mavericks from thumb drive nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2014-03-05 16:54 -0500
                Re: Installing Mavericks from thumb drive Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-03-05 22:31 +0000
                Re: Installing Mavericks from thumb drive Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-03-05 22:38 +0000
                Re: Installing Mavericks from thumb drive dorayme <do_ray_me@bigpond.com> - 2014-03-06 21:46 +1100
                Re: Installing Mavericks from thumb drive Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-03-06 18:14 +0000
                Re: Installing Mavericks from thumb drive nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2014-03-06 08:25 -0500
                Re: Installing Mavericks from thumb drive nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2014-03-06 08:28 -0500
                Re: Installing Mavericks from thumb drive Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-03-06 18:10 +0000
                Re: Installing Mavericks from thumb drive "John Varela" <newlamps@verizon.net> - 2014-03-06 22:54 +0000
                Re: Installing Mavericks from thumb drive Warren Oates <warren.oates@gmail.com> - 2014-03-06 18:12 -0500
                Re: Installing Mavericks from thumb drive Doug Anderson <ethelthelogremovethis@gmail.com> - 2014-03-06 16:07 -0800
                Re: Installing Mavericks from thumb drive Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2014-03-07 02:34 +0000
                Re: Installing Mavericks from thumb drive Warren Oates <warren.oates@gmail.com> - 2014-03-07 07:48 -0500
                Re: Installing Mavericks from thumb drive Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2014-03-07 17:45 -0500
                Re: Installing Mavericks from thumb drive Warren Oates <warren.oates@gmail.com> - 2014-03-07 18:07 -0500
                Re: Installing Mavericks from thumb drive cb <cb@aol.com> - 2014-03-20 18:21 +0100
          Re: Installing Mavericks from thumb drive Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-03-05 15:25 +0000
        Re: Installing Mavericks from thumb drive Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2014-03-04 19:36 -0500
      Re: Installing Mavericks from thumb drive Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-03-05 15:25 +0000
    Re: Installing Mavericks from thumb drive "John Varela" <newlamps@verizon.net> - 2014-03-06 00:06 +0000
  Re: Installing Mavericks from thumb drive Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-03-04 22:18 +0000
    Re: Installing Mavericks from thumb drive "John Varela" <newlamps@verizon.net> - 2014-03-06 00:36 +0000
    Re: Installing Mavericks from thumb drive Kaltsas, Alexander G <macdude22@yahoo.com> - 2014-03-07 09:15 -0600
      Re: Installing Mavericks from thumb drive Doug Anderson <ethelthelogremovethis@gmail.com> - 2014-03-07 07:31 -0800
        Re: Installing Mavericks from thumb drive Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-03-07 15:39 +0000
  Re: Installing Mavericks from thumb drive Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2014-03-04 17:21 -0500
  Re: Installing Mavericks from thumb drive Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2014-03-04 23:27 +0000
  Re: Installing Mavericks from thumb drive "Mr. Strat" <mrstrat@nospam.gmail.com> - 2014-03-05 06:10 -0800
    Re: Installing Mavericks from thumb drive Warren Oates <warren.oates@gmail.com> - 2014-03-05 09:26 -0500
    Re: Installing Mavericks from thumb drive Kaltsas, Alexander G <macdude22@yahoo.com> - 2014-03-07 09:16 -0600
      Re: Installing Mavericks from thumb drive Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> - 2014-03-08 11:30 -0800

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