[Deaf-lug] USB Installation

[Fintan Gaughan]

another option is to borrow and external dvd/cd player!

I haven't had much luck  installing ubuntu on a USB drive but that was ages ago.
Not fimilar with Appple so I cant help you there.

Cant think of any other ideas except installing from a network...


Fintan


2009/6/10 Dafydd Eveleigh <dafydd at evejam.co.uk>:
> Dear all
>
> I do hope you an help.
>
> I needed to do a fresh install on my laptop. After the drive was
> partitioned the laptop stopped reading the disk, which leads me to
> conclude the optical drive is faulty (It is an old laptop).
>
> So I am left with a laptop that I cannot use at the moment!!!!
>
> As a work around I know you can install from a USB flash disk. However
> looking at the forums most of them talk about requiring ubuntu or
> windows to create a USB boot-up disk, I don't have either.
>
> So I tried just copying the files from the installation disk to the
> USB, needless to say it doesn't work. I do know my laptop will read
> the USB disk on startup so need to find a way to create a USB
> installation disk.
>
> The only operating system I have at my disposal is an iMac with Mac OS
> X 10.5 (Leopard).
>
> Many Thanks in advance
>
> Dafydd
>
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