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On 4/4/07, Neil Stone <neil@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > A guy at work has come to me with an interesting situation... > > He has a laptop on which he would like GNU/Linux installed (he wants SuSe, > but i'm trying to avoid RPM based if I can) > > Problem, the CD drive is knackered... the machine can't boot from USB.... > > Is there an easy way I can load up a disk image (or similar) on to the > hard disk (which I have on a USB dongle right now) to plug in and install > a distro...? (I was pondering Ubuntu, and no I don't care what people say > about it not being "totally free") Assume its a modern laptop with no floppy? Do you have a USB CD rom or USB floppy drive or is that an absolute no boot from USB not just mass storage? Does the laptop have a bootable OS now? Are there not some linux installers for windows that can install from here. Take the HD out and connect it to desktop PC with a mini iDE/IDE adapter (i have one of these , borrowing is possible, if i can find it) and install from there. Does it support PXE network boot and do you have a boot server (or can you lash one up)? Just a few ideas of the top of my head -- Robin Cornelius http://www.byteme.org.uk -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html