[GRLUG] Installing Linux w/out CD Drive.

[Jason Kisner]

It IS a laptop. More specifically, a netbook.

On Sun, Feb 22, 2009 at 9:51 PM, Michael Mol <mikemol at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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