Re: Bad CD alternate install method required.

David Fox wrote:
On Mon, Oct 6, 2008 at 6:55 PM, Keith Clark <keithclark@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

What is the best way to install Ubuntu on this laptop with the tools I have
at hand?

Probably (assuming you can hook up a usb stick to a Toshiba Satellite
A10) doing the steps recommended on this page[1]. Disclaimer, I've
never done this before :) Seems like unetbootin might do the trick, as
it does not require you have written the ubuntu install ISO image to a
cd (since your cd is not working).

You therefore could do this all on the laptop - provided you have
sufficient disk space to store the ISO and you can read/write Usb
sticks from the laptop (and you can boot the usb stick from the
laptop) as that is most important.

Keith
[1] https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Installation/FromUSBStick

Hmmm, I just checked the BIOS and I don't see an option in the Boot Order for booting from USB. I guess that option is a no go then.

Keith

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