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From: Art on 19 May 2010 16:59 On Wed, 19 May 2010 16:13:27 -0400, Mark Warner <mhwarner.inhibitions(a)gmail.com> wrote: >Art wrote: >> "Bill Bradshaw" wrote: >>> >>> Here is probably a dumb question. Are you saying that I could create a boot >>> CD and watch youtube and hulu without worrying about anything being written >>> to my harddisk? >> >> Read this: >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Live_CD >> >> The hard drives, whether internal or external, are accessible, so it's >> likely that malicious code on web sites can damage files and folders >> on the drives. > >Only if they're mounted. There are very few Live CDs that automount >connected drives anymore. (Ubuntu used to do it by default a few years >ago, but no longer.) And even then, while what you're describing might >be /theoretically/ possible, the chances of anything actually happening >are next to nothing. Well, I checked Mint 9 for this, and all hard drives were mounted and writeable by default. What the bad guys are looking for is the "theoretically possible" so the chances of something actually happening at some point in time are far more than nothing. Art
From: Mark Warner on 19 May 2010 17:03 Jeffrey Needle wrote: > Mark Warner wrote: >> Jeffrey Needle wrote: >>> >>> Will Linux Mint work acceptably using a virtual machine (VMWare) on an >>> HP laptop using the Intel Atom processor with 2 gigs of ram? Ubuntu is >>> having problems with this processor. >> >> Since Mint is Ubuntu at its core, you may experience similar >> difficulties. Are you trying the latest version of Ubuntu? Best advise I >> could give is to give it a spin and see. It's not like it's a difficult >> process. > > I'll do it. Looking at the Linux Mint download page, there are options > to download the I286 version or the amd version. I think I need the > i286 version for my WinXP-based netbook. Is this correct? The i386 version is for 32-bit processors, the amd64 is for 64-bit processors. If it's going to work in a VM at all, it will work with the i386. That's the one I'd go with. -- Mark Warner ....lose .inhibitions when replying
From: Mark Warner on 19 May 2010 17:24 Art wrote: > > Well, I checked Mint 9 for this, and all hard drives were mounted and > writeable by default. Interesting. In my test drive last night, that was not the case. <shrug> -- Mark Warner MEPIS Linux Registered Linux User #415318 ....lose .inhibitions when replying
From: Jeffrey Needle on 19 May 2010 23:23 Mark Warner wrote: > Jeffrey Needle wrote: >> Mark Warner wrote: >>> Jeffrey Needle wrote: >>>> >>>> Will Linux Mint work acceptably using a virtual machine (VMWare) on an >>>> HP laptop using the Intel Atom processor with 2 gigs of ram? Ubuntu is >>>> having problems with this processor. >>> >>> Since Mint is Ubuntu at its core, you may experience similar >>> difficulties. Are you trying the latest version of Ubuntu? Best advise I >>> could give is to give it a spin and see. It's not like it's a difficult >>> process. >> >> I'll do it. Looking at the Linux Mint download page, there are options >> to download the I286 version or the amd version. I think I need the >> i286 version for my WinXP-based netbook. Is this correct? > > The i386 version is for 32-bit processors, the amd64 is for 64-bit > processors. If it's going to work in a VM at all, it will work with the > i386. That's the one I'd go with. > Thanks!
From: Wheel on 20 May 2010 12:03
Mark Warner wrote: > Art wrote: >> >> Well, I checked Mint 9 for this, and all hard drives were mounted and >> writeable by default. > > Interesting. In my test drive last night, that was not the case. <shrug> Same as Art for me. |