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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 -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html