Re: Bizarre hardware

On Tuesday, 21 April 2026 23:16:02 British Summer Time Philip Webb wrote:
> 260421 Peter Humphrey wrote:
> > [rant] The sooner the damned thing's gone,
> > the sooner I'll be able to get a decent night's sleep again.
> > I've wasted considerable funds and immeasurable nervous energy
> > on this project, and I'll be pleased to see an end to it. [/rant. Sorry]
> 
> May I recommend building your own machine from parts ?
> -- it's not difficult & if anything is defective, it's only  1  part.
> Lots of people on this list do that, I've done it  6 times
> & there's lots of help here + out there.

Yes, I've done that too once or twice. I'd do it again if this were a 
straightforward tower box to live a secluded life on its own, but it has to fit 
into my living space.

> No problem re software: once the machine is assembled, you follow Gentoo
> instructions, use System Rescue to get started & copy in whatever files you
> need. None of your hardware is ever contaminated by M$ Losedows or similar.

This has been the first time that SystemRescue was impotent to help.

-- 
Regards,
Peter.