Errg... Nevermind... -.- I'll look for help someplace else. Bye.<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Feb 24, 2009 at 7:55 PM, Jason Kisner <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:airplanejay@gmail.com">airplanejay@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;">If I DID forget, the OS is Linpus Linux Lite. I don't like it and want it gone.<div><div>
</div><div class="Wj3C7c"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Feb 23, 2009 at 9:48 AM, Rick Vargo <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:rick@vargo.org" target="_blank">rick@vargo.org</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;">The alternative CD isn't a gui interface and therefore doesn't have<br>
that restriciton.<br>
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Rick<br>
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On Feb 22, 2009, at 9:27 PM, Jason Kisner wrote:<br>
<br>
> I can't put the linux I want on the computer that has the cd drive.<br>
> It's only 256 megs and the OS requires 512. I want to put it on the<br>
> computer that DOESN'T have a cd drive. That one CAN handle it, since<br>
> it has a gig of ram. Also, I want the gui. I'm not a cmd prompt<br>
> person. IS there a way to install it on the other computer WITHOUT a<br>
> CD or not?<br>
><br>
> On Sun, Feb 22, 2009 at 8:55 PM, Rick Vargo <<a href="mailto:rick@vargo.org" target="_blank">rick@vargo.org</a>> wrote:<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" target="_blank">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 <<a href="mailto:awilliam@whitemice.org" target="_blank">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<br>
> 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<br>
> 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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