Re: installing Linux on a machine without CD/DVD etc.

Rahul wrote:


The whole point is that the server room is unaccessible. If I got access I might as well connect a CD-ROM via USB.



So you have a machine which you consider is yours to do what you like with, inside a room to which you have no access?

I cant think of a single legitimate circumstance in which this could occur..
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