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Re: Would you trust eBay multi-boot USB's?

From Tim Watts <tw_usenet@dionic.net>
Newsgroups comp.os.linux.misc
Subject Re: Would you trust eBay multi-boot USB's?
Date 2015-04-11 09:48 +0100
Message-ID <ao3nvb-oq3.ln1@squidward.dionic.net> (permalink)
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On 11/04/15 02:19, pureheart@pacbell.net wrote:
> The recent "boot from USB" thread has reminded me of the USB drives available on eBay for one, that purport to contain a bunch of distros to play with.
>
> Here's one:
> http://www.ebay.com/itm/16GB-USB-Multiboot-Flash-Drive-15-bootable-Systems-repair-Windows-enjoy-Linux-/231504153657?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item35e6b90c39
>
> I want to get one of these things just to play around.
>
> My question to the group is:
> Should I trust it?
>
> I am low skill level and don't have a mentor nearby to guide me through MD5 checksums and things like that.

It would be less effort to make your own USB stick from a reputable 
multi-boot recovery image from a trustworthy website.

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Would you trust eBay multi-boot USB's? pureheart@pacbell.net - 2015-04-10 18:19 -0700
  Re: Would you trust eBay multi-boot USB's? Tim Watts <tw_usenet@dionic.net> - 2015-04-11 09:48 +0100
    Re: Would you trust eBay multi-boot USB's? Bobbie Sellers <bliss-sf4ever@dslextreme.com> - 2015-04-11 08:09 -0700
  Re: Would you trust eBay multi-boot USB's? Andreas Kohlbach <apr15.7.ankman@spamgourmet.net> - 2015-04-11 16:11 -0400

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