Subj : Chromebook & CD/DVD Drive To : Benny Pedersen From : Ed Vance Date : Tue Jun 16 2020 16:01:00 06-15-20 09:14 Benny Pedersen wrote to Ed Vance about Chromebook & CD/DVD Drive Howdy! Benny, BP> @MSGID: <5EE78D70.2096.windowsb@capitolcityonline.net> BP> @REPLY: <5EE3B33D.2094.windowsb@capitolcityonline.net> BP> Hello Ed! BP> 12 Jun 2020 12:53, Ed Vance wrote to All: EV> Can a CD/DVD Drive be used with a Chromebook? BP> yes, it just cant boot a chromebook EV> I have mentioned external Drives to my Friend who uses a Chromebook EV> and He is thinking about buy one. BP> its same as put cdrom drive on huawei phones or tablets, it works, but BP> not being possible to run macOS from it :) O.K., Thanks. EV> I Searched with DuckDuckGo for information about Chromebooks and EV> CD/DVD drives and one website page: BP> sadly chromebooks are designed to have limited ssd, and thus all in BP> cloud filesophy, with is insane with samsung mobile phone have 1TB BP> storages, hmm i still have a chromebook with just 16Gb asus branded What is "limited ssd"? Solid State Drive? -snip- EV> Does Anyone use a CD or DVD external drive with their Chromebook? BP> nope, i just copy cd dvd to filesystem, then move data to the BP> chromebook, check if chromebook take diffrent sillyness from rommed BP> devices When You say "filesystem, then move data to the chromebook" is that done on the Chromebook or to another pc and using Wi-Fi to get it on the Chromebook. I've only played with Chromebooks at the Stores a couple of times, and don't know the In's and Out's of how to feed a Chromebook, that's why I asked here about using a CD on one of them. EV> Thanks! for any comments, BP> np EV> 73 de Ed W9ODR . . BP> wish i have a radio to connect.... My Amateur Radio license is still valid but I haven't used my Radio's at all recently. BP> Regards Benny BP> ... there can only be one way of life, and it works :) Dit-DAH-Dit aka "ROGER!" 73 de Ed W9ODR . . BP> --- Msged/LNX 6.1.2 (Linux/5.7.1-gentoo-x86_64 (x86_64)) BP> * Origin: I will always keep a PC running CPM 3.0 (2:230/0) .... Someday your prints will come. -- motto of the serial printer. --- MultiMail/MS-DOS v0.49 * Origin: capitolcityonline.net * Telnet/SSH:2022/HTTP (1:2320/105) .