On Thu, 2018-04-19 at 09:40 +0100, John Hodrien wrote:
> > On Wed, April 18, 2018 8:36 pm, Always Learning wrote:
> >> I have an aversion to using anything that comes from unknown sources, as
> >> used by Torrent.
> Can we also challenge this "torrents are untrustworthy" attitude.
Having, successfully so far, resisted/repelled several devious attacks
from the Russians, I am keen to maintain a clean, and thus secure,
system as possible.
> You can be given an ISO from a shady character under a railway bridge,
I'd throw it away unused. Do not want the associated risks.
> Also, why not just make your life easy and do a netinstall?
That's a good idea. Never done one of them before. I can put C6 on a CD
and a USB and boot from either.
> That way you
> don't have to try to do anything you're not comfortable with.
Comfort-ability is not my criteria. The BIOS is supposed to be 4 or 5
years old. It won't boot from DVDs, yet it will boot from zip disks and
other historic relics (LH120, I think one of the other choices was).
Have a nice day.
Thank you.
--
Regards,
Paul.
England, EU. England's place is in the European Union.
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