[GRLUG] Installing Linux w/out CD Drive.

[Rick Vargo]

If it cannot run the "live" ubuntu CD because of the memory, try  
downloading the alternative CD which is text based install.

Rick

On Feb 22, 2009, at 8:06 PM, Jason Kisner wrote:

> Ok. On the computer I'm trying to install to, there is no CD ROM  
> drive. And I do not have a way to get a USB one sans forking up the  
> money and ordering one, which I'm not willing to do. The computer  
> that DOES have the CD DRIVE cannot RUN the start discs, but can open  
> and explore them as data discs. it has less than 256 megs of RAM.  
> (Also it isn't mine, so suggestions of getting more/upgrading the  
> RAM are out of the question. So don't even say anything on that  
> matter.)
>
> On Sun, Feb 22, 2009 at 2:02 PM, Bob Kline <bob.kline at gmail.com>  
> wrote:
> Not all older machines will boot from
> a USB device AFAIK.  i.e., The BIOS
> might not support it.  Maybe just something
> to keep in mind for older hardware.
>
>    -- Bob
>
>
>
> On Sun, Feb 22, 2009 at 12:53 PM, Adam Tauno Williams <awilliam at whitemice.org 
> > wrote:
> On Fri, 2009-02-20 at 23:07 -0500, Jason Kisner wrote:
> > I need help doing this. I just recently got an ACER AspireOne with
> > Linpus Linux Lite... Needless to say I'm less than satisfied with  
> the
> > system, and I want to put Ubuntu on it. (I'd like to get to the  
> newest
> > version, eventually) The thing is... it doesn't have a CD Drive  
> (only
> > a little over 8 inches wide. and no room for one.) How do I do this?
>
> Use a USB CD drive,  they work very well and every modern BIOS can  
> boot
> from USB.  The CD/DVD drive in my laptop has been physically broken  
> for
> some time and I've done all my installs/upgrades (openSUSE) from a USB
> DVD drive.  Specifically an LG "External Super Multi DVD Rewriter"
> Model: GSA-E60L,  firmware version 1.00.   It also works great for
> burning single and dual layer disks.
>
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