It IS a laptop. More specifically, a netbook.<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Feb 22, 2009 at 9:51 PM, Michael Mol <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:mikemol@gmail.com">mikemol@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Assuming that the machine that has the specs isn't a laptop, what<br>
stops you from temporarily putting a working CD-ROM drive in it?<br>
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On Sun, Feb 22, 2009 at 9:27 PM, Jason Kisner <<a href="mailto:airplanejay@gmail.com">airplanejay@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> I can't put the linux I want on the computer that has the cd drive. It's<br>
> only 256 megs and the OS requires 512. I want to put it on the computer that<br>
> DOESN'T have a cd drive. That one CAN handle it, since it has a gig of ram.<br>
> Also, I want the gui. I'm not a cmd prompt person. IS there a way to install<br>
> it on the other computer WITHOUT a CD or not?<br>
><br>
> On Sun, Feb 22, 2009 at 8:55 PM, Rick Vargo <<a href="mailto:rick@vargo.org">rick@vargo.org</a>> wrote:<br>
>><br>
>> If it cannot run the "live" ubuntu CD because of the memory, try<br>
>> downloading the alternative CD which is text based install.<br>
>><br>
>> Rick<br>
>><br>
>> On Feb 22, 2009, at 8:06 PM, Jason Kisner wrote:<br>
>><br>
>> > Ok. On the computer I'm trying to install to, there is no CD ROM<br>
>> > drive. And I do not have a way to get a USB one sans forking up the<br>
>> > money and ordering one, which I'm not willing to do. The computer<br>
>> > that DOES have the CD DRIVE cannot RUN the start discs, but can open<br>
>> > and explore them as data discs. it has less than 256 megs of RAM.<br>
>> > (Also it isn't mine, so suggestions of getting more/upgrading the<br>
>> > RAM are out of the question. So don't even say anything on that<br>
>> > matter.)<br>
>> ><br>
>> > On Sun, Feb 22, 2009 at 2:02 PM, Bob Kline <<a href="mailto:bob.kline@gmail.com">bob.kline@gmail.com</a>><br>
>> > wrote:<br>
>> > Not all older machines will boot from<br>
>> > a USB device AFAIK. i.e., The BIOS<br>
>> > might not support it. Maybe just something<br>
>> > to keep in mind for older hardware.<br>
>> ><br>
>> > -- Bob<br>
>> ><br>
>> ><br>
>> ><br>
>> > On Sun, Feb 22, 2009 at 12:53 PM, Adam Tauno Williams<br>
>> > <<a href="mailto:awilliam@whitemice.org">awilliam@whitemice.org</a><br>
>> > > wrote:<br>
>> > On Fri, 2009-02-20 at 23:07 -0500, Jason Kisner wrote:<br>
>> > > I need help doing this. I just recently got an ACER AspireOne with<br>
>> > > Linpus Linux Lite... Needless to say I'm less than satisfied with<br>
>> > the<br>
>> > > system, and I want to put Ubuntu on it. (I'd like to get to the<br>
>> > newest<br>
>> > > version, eventually) The thing is... it doesn't have a CD Drive<br>
>> > (only<br>
>> > > a little over 8 inches wide. and no room for one.) How do I do this?<br>
>> ><br>
>> > Use a USB CD drive, they work very well and every modern BIOS can<br>
>> > boot<br>
>> > from USB. The CD/DVD drive in my laptop has been physically broken<br>
>> > for<br>
>> > some time and I've done all my installs/upgrades (openSUSE) from a USB<br>
>> > DVD drive. Specifically an LG "External Super Multi DVD Rewriter"<br>
>> > Model: GSA-E60L, firmware version 1.00. It also works great for<br>
>> > burning single and dual layer disks.<br>
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