[PLUG] clinic question

[Russell Senior]

Have you tried something like this?

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q1NDjD2RuGM

On Mon, Dec 2, 2019 at 1:32 PM Johnathan Mantey <manteyjg at gmail.com> wrote:

> I was afraid that there wasn't a built in CD/DVD player.  Yes, a USB
> attached DVD player will look the same as a USB thumb drive. No relief
> there.
>
> I assume this is a machine that does not have a BIOS upgrade path?
>
> On Mon, Dec 2, 2019 at 1:15 PM OR Linux Jobs <oregonlinuxjobs at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > Hi Rich
> >
> > Thanks for the reply.
> > The version of Clear Linux OS that I downloaded is indeed the Live
> Desktop
> > DVD disc.
> > The BIOS is itself the culprit of this dilemma.
> > And I'm curious about whether or not this is a trend.
> > As Microsoft becomes more and more disliked for their operating systems.
> > And as Microsoft's software development environment becomes less and less
> > useful for creating desktop clients ( I call them fat clients ).
> > This appears to be a desperate move to disable the hardware entirely.
> > By the way I have no negative opinions about Microsoft Azure nor Office
> 365
> > (except for one tiny complaint about e-mail aliases).
> >
> > Sincerely
> > Neil
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On Mon, Dec 2, 2019 at 12:54 PM Rich Shepard <rshepard at appl-ecosys.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > On Mon, 2 Dec 2019, OR Linux Jobs wrote:
> > >
> > > > Thanks for the answers
> > >
> > > Neil,
> > >
> > > While you tried to boot a distro from a USB flash drive for
> installation,
> > > have you tried a live distro, such as Knoppix, on a USB flash drive? I
> > > wonder if that might boot because it bypasses everything on the hard
> > drive.
> > >
> > > Not being familiar with that hardware or anything requiring Microsoft's
> > > approval (since M$ would not alloe me to upgrade from windows 3.1 using
> > IBM
> > > PC-DOS 6 as the underlying OS) I've no idea whether a live OS would
> work.
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > >
> > > Rich
> > >
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