Re: install ubuntu without CD-rom drive?

On 06/09/06, JeremyWorst <ulist@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
If anybody else has any suggestions or comments, they would be
appreciated.

Some time ago I was asked to install Ubuntu on a laptop that didn't
have any CD-drive and that couldn't boot from USB floppy or
memory-stick. I ended up with a slightly creative solution that I was
very happy with.

First I booted a desktop computer with the Knoppix DVD and started the
Knoppix terminal server on it. Then I booted the laptop from the
Knoppix machine through the LAN using PXE boot. With the laptop
running Knoppix I stopped the NIC and started it again to get an
IP-adress from my DHCP server rather than one from the Knoppix
machine. From then on it was plain sailing following this howto:
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Installation/FromKnoppix


Good luck!
Bjørn Ingmar Berg

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