[GRLUG] Installing Linux w/out CD Drive.

[Michael Mol]

Assuming that the machine that has the specs isn't a laptop, what
stops you from temporarily putting a working CD-ROM drive in it?

On Sun, Feb 22, 2009 at 9:27 PM, Jason Kisner <airplanejay at gmail.com> wrote:
> I can't put the linux I want on the computer that has the cd drive. It's
> only 256 megs and the OS requires 512. I want to put it on the computer that
> DOESN'T have a cd drive. That one CAN handle it, since it has a gig of ram.
> Also, I want the gui. I'm not a cmd prompt person. IS there a way to install
> it on the other computer WITHOUT a CD or not?
>
> On Sun, Feb 22, 2009 at 8:55 PM, Rick Vargo <rick at vargo.org> wrote:
>>
>> 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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