We found that the bios had to allow USB booting, and the USB system also had to be in good shape, no oxidized contacts and the like, which is a problem with older machines in Florida . . .
On 07/04/2017 07:12 AM, Ted Roche wrote: > On Mon, Jul 3, 2017 at 11:59 PM, Michael Madigan <mmadi10...@yahoo.com> wrote: >> That was only done in emergencies >> > Yup, if a ship was boarded or a camp overrun, there are procedures to > destroy classified info. > > So, MM, not to drag the thread back on-topic, but did you have any > followup questions on using an old machine with USB booting a Linux > distro? I've done this for years to recover hard drive problems or to > test-drive a new distro before installing, but I usually end up > installing the distro, as it's faster and doesn't have the space > restrictions a USB drive does. These days, though, with multi-gigabyte > thumb drives so cheap, it could certainly be done. As someone said > earlier in the thread, a slow CPU will still be slow. > -- Regards, Pete https://www.facebook.com/pete.theisen.5 _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/3608c374-6ab8-bbbf-fc9b-c7c7cbfcb...@verizon.net ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
