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Re: [LUG] Greetings from York! - Remote hands?

 

nick@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> Hey guys,
>
> Thanks to everyone for the responses - it's very much appreciated. In the end, 
> I've accepted Rob's gracious offer of help - thanks again to everyone else 
> who chipped in with offers. I chose on the basis of least-mutual-hassle ;).
>
> Oh, and I can see the boot order in my head :D. external USB (that was a fun 
> telephone call a few months ago), CDROM, hard drive, network. Getting my 
> sister to give one any sort of useful information at all is simply 
> impossible, so I've not asked her to verify that it's still the case, but I 
> can't think of any mechanism by which it might have shifted to network boot 
> by default, as it would require the bios to be specifically changed. My 
> sister hasn't, there's little chance of 3rd-party intrusion (BIOS password), 
> and the default for that particular BIOS puts network boot last. Good call, 
> though :)
>
> Once again the friendliness of the Linux community has saved me :) - if anyone 
> ever needs a hand with anything in/around York, unlikely as that might seem, 
> feel free to drop me a line. 
>
> /Nick
>
>   
hi all,i just been reading all the messages,how cool is it that a guy 
300+miles away can ask for help and almost instantly gets it,this should 
be printed in the newspapers,it restores ones faith in human kindness.
alex the noob

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