Hi Vince,

>> mount the HD's during distro installation. I haven't gotten to the
>> point of moving BBBS over as of yet.

> I have never tried bbbs as it is paid for software and as I am retired do not
> have funds to spend on such when there are more than enough FOC products.

It's not that expensive, and you only pay for the number of nodes you want
to run...  I think I mentioned this before as well, when I first started
using BBBS, I just ran the free trial nodes until I determined it would do
everything I needed... after that I registered 5 nodes IIRC, then
eventually bumped it up to 15.  It is a great system IMO, including
essentially everything you might need.

> Also all s/w in my system are available in source so I can pass the code
> through vetting s/w to check that it is safe (e.g., no back doors or passing
> information to other without my consent etc).

Eh.. BBBS is safe :)  But I understand what you mean there.

> The one issue is for bbbs or for that matter any s/w is, can you select
> exactly
> where to install it ?

You can install BBBS anywhere you like and as many times as you like.  I
usually have multiple installs here when I need to test something, etc.

Take care,
Janis

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