<html><head></head><body style="zoom: 0%;"><div dir="auto">Just need to go to a store to pick one up. Yes, I remember using Knoppix CD'S for checking and sometimes repairing Windows problems, never had to do that for Linux. <br><br></div>
<div dir="auto">Once I get a thumb drive, I can try a couple of things, including making a live disk or two.<br><br></div>
<div dir="auto">Laptop is only a few years old, so it's not quite a fossil yet. Getting there though.<br><br><br><br></div>
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<div class="gmail_quote" >On Dec 21, 2022, at 7:11 PM, Jim McGinness <<a href="mailto:jmcgnh@gmail.com" target="_blank">jmcgnh@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
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For sufficiently old fossils, it might be easier to boot from a live CD, if thumb drives aren't laying around already.
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Distinguishing between a failed keyboard and a software misconfiguration can be helped by seeing the keyboard is not failed under different software. Knoppix distributions (at least in the past) had a reputation for being very good at autoconfiguring a wide variety of hardware. But if System 76 laptops are sufficiently specialized, it's possible no other OS will be happy with them.
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Should I assume you're already aware of this page? -
<a href="https://support.system76.com/articles/pop-live-disk/">https://support.system76.com/articles/pop-live-disk/</a>
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