2008/11/17 Louis Gidney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> Hi Neil,
>
> Thank you for your email, in which you explain gpg.
> Aha! Yes, sounds good to me,
>
> A couple of questions:-
> Is it in operation all the time -for example if I make a purchase
> online by credit card -or only for detecting authenticity
Hi Neil,
Thank you for your email, in which you explain gpg.
Aha! Yes, sounds good to me,
A couple of questions:-
Is it in operation all the time -for example if I make a purchase
online by credit card -or only for detecting authenticity of
downloaded Ubuntu upgrades? Do I need to "switch it on
2008/11/16 Louis Gidney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>
> [snip]
>
>> The pgp is Pretty Good Privacy, it's a way of
>> encrypting stuff,
>
> I don't need to encrypt anything because there is
> nothing confidential on my computer, and I am the
> only user. If it's causing trouble, is it possible
> to remove
Louis,
If it's booting from the CD, you should see a pretty Ubuntu logo and a
small menu, something like - Install/try Ubuntu, test this CD, test the
memory in this machine, etc.
If you're not seeing this then, its not booting from the CD. Either the
CD is not right or the BIOS options aren't s
Hi Lou
Yes, the PC should boot from the CD and give you a menu. One option will be
to run ubuntu without installing, next will be to install, then I think
there's a memory test and a disk check option, may be another one or two
options but I can't remember now.
If you don't see the menu, the CD
[ Added later:
I've just thought: I suppose ONE WAY OF ADDRESSING THIS
is to ask the question: How would I install Ubuntu from
the CD if the machine had nothing at all on it? (ie: no
earlier version of Unbuntu; no MS Windows; not even DOS)
but just a new empty 80GB HD (unfortunately formatted as
