Re: install without cdrom



Kamal Paryani wrote:
hi
i need to install ubuntu on a PIII laptop of which the cdrom drive is bad

the laptop does not support booting from external usb cdroms


in windows world i would have removed the laptop hard disk and
connected it to other pc
make it bootable and transfer the setup cab files on to it , put it
back on the laptop and run setup


but i a dont know how it can be done in linux

can i connect this hard disk to some other machine install ubuntu and
then put it back in the laptop and then would ubuntu re-detect all the
hardware

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I havent tried it, but im sure it would work
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or any other idea
help ??

thanks

another thing you COULD try is wubi. Wubi is a program for windows that
downloads and installs ubuntu onto your hard disk. However, it runs off
of windows partitions and uses the windows boot loader to start ubuntu
--cj

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