[Deaf-lug] USB Installation

[dafydd at evejam.co.uk]

Hi Fitzan. 

Your first option is somthing I am doing now  I am using the LIVE CD as there is an option to create USB installaion without installing Ubuntu. 

But in case that fails How do u install from the network?

I remeber my BIOS has the option to install from the network but no idea as to  how to go about doing it. 

Many thanks for taking the time to respond. 

Dafydd
 
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-----Original Message-----
From: Fintan Gaughan <fgaughan at gmail.com>

Date: Thu, 11 Jun 2009 09:48:36 
To: <deaf-lug at mailman.lug.org.uk>
Subject: Re: [Deaf-lug] USB Installation


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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