[Chester LUG] Chester Digest, Vol 288, Issue 3
Steve Lilley
steve.lilley at nohp.com
Sat Aug 10 14:35:49 UTC 2013
Nic
I have a USB cd rom drive that I have been using for years to book
netbooks , and anything else without a cd rom. If Paul's suggestion
doesn't work drop me a line and we can meet up to try it.
Regards
Steve
On 10 Aug 2013, at 13:00, "chester-request at mailman.lug.org.uk"
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> 1. Re: Fwd: Help with installing Linux Mint on to a Korean
> Samsung NC110 without USB or CD mounting (Paul Williams)
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> Date: Fri, 9 Aug 2013 17:24:33 +0000
> From: Paul Williams <wilp4b at hotmail.co.uk>
> To: "chester at mailman.lug.org.uk" <chester at mailman.lug.org.uk>
> Subject: Re: [Chester LUG] Fwd: Help with installing Linux Mint on to
> a Korean Samsung NC110 without USB or CD mounting
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> This may sound daft, but have you tried plugging the stick in and then checking the bios for hard drives? My netbook doesn't usually show the option unless the stick is plugged in. Once it's in, however, I can easily change the source drive.
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> Paul
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> Date: Thu, 8 Aug 2013 23:39:25 +0100
> From: nic.deane at btinternet.com
> To: chester at mailman.lug.org.uk
> Subject: Re: [Chester LUG] Fwd: Help with installing Linux Mint on to a Korean Samsung NC110 without USB or CD mounting
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> Many thanks, Les, for your speedy
> response and forwarding to others
> :-)
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> Nic
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> On 08/08/13 22:35, Les Pritchard wrote:
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> Hi all,
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> This email came to me by mistake and was meant for the
> whole LUG. Can anyone help out Nic?
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> Les
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> From: Nic Deane <nic.deane at btinternet.com>
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> Date: 8 August 2013 17:47
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> Subject: Help with installing Linux Mint on to a Korean
> Samsung NC110 without USB or CD mounting
>
> To: lugmaster at chesterlug.org.uk
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> Dear friends,
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>
> I have been lurking in the background watching all your
> traffic with interest. Although I have used Linux for some
> years now I am still very much a newbie in abilities. I
> live very close to the Rake and Pikel and would love to
> drop in sometime but Thursday evenings are not always good
> for me.
>
>
>
> I wonder if anyone from the LUG group could help me with
> my netbook problem. I posted on the Mint Forums and got
> some pointers as indicated below:
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>
> How to install Mint 15 Mate on Samsung
> NC110 without USB/DVD
>
> by
> Nic Deane on Mon Jul
> 29, 2013 7:22 am
>
> I run Mint 15 Cinnamon on my Inspiron 15 - have
> been using Mint now for some years . Last year, while visiting
> South Korea, I bought a Samsung NC 110P (Model code NT
> NC110 PSW) with a Korean keyboard - so I could I type
> in Korean easily. It came with Windows 7 Starter in
> Korean. I hoped I might be able to load Linux Mint but
> on opening the BIOS I discovered it has no option to
> boot into USB - it doesn't have a DVD drive. I've
> tried loading Mint on to a USB stick but, of course,
> that won't boot, either. I have used Mint4win and can
> run Mint 15 MATE within Windows and everything that I
> need seems to work. As far as I can see the hardware
> for a NC110 will run Mint 15 (MATE 32bit at least - I
> seem to have an accelerator problem for Cinnamon with
> this netbook).
>
>
>
> Is there any way of installing Mint as my main OS on
> this netbook and wiping Windows from the hard drive
> because Mint would then run much faster, wouldn't it?
> I no longer have Windows on my Inspiron .
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>
> Any ideas? If any of the Korean friends can help me -
> that would be an added bonus! ??? ?? ?? ??? ???????!
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> Many thanks!
>
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>
> Nic Deane
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> Re: How to install Mint 15 Mate on
> Samsung NC110 without USB
> by
> Bolle1961 on Wed Jul
> 31, 2013 7:26 am
>
> Ok, 1 last shot
>
>
>
> Plop boot manager, it seems that you can install it on
> your hard drive
>
> http://www.plop.at/en/bootmanager/full.html
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> http://www.plop.at/en/bootmanager/download.html
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> I also checked in the Tutorials and came across http://community.linuxmint.com/tutorial/view/171
> describing How to install Mint with no USB/CD. I tried
> working through things as per the Tutorial but I've got a
> bit stuck and don't feel confident to go any further.
>
>
>
> I wonder if there was anyone who would be willing to give
> me a couple of hours - perhaps at the Rake and Pikel (I'll
> be glad to host refreshments!) - to get Mint installed
> properly on to my netbook. I can run Mint within Windoz
> but it is just a bit slower and I don't need (Korean)
> Windows 7 and so would be glad to ditch it from the
> netbook once Mint is up and running.
>
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> My wife and I are leaving for the USA for a couple of
> weeks holiday on the 28th August and would like to take
> the netbook with me as my traveling computer.
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> Is there any chance of a little help before then?
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> Many thanks for your attention.
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> Best wishes,
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> Nic Deane
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