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 <[email protected]> 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 <[email protected]> > 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 > > > > _______________________________________________ > > PLUG mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > > > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
