Re: How to install if you can't boot CD?
- From: Alan Adams <alan.adams@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 07 Jun 2006 16:59:44 +0100
In message <%sxhg.5605$7G2.104@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Matt Giwer <jull43@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Alan Adams wrote:
I am trying to install Ubuntu 6.02 on an old PC which cannot be set to
boot from a CD. I expect to use the server version, for which the
hardware is adequate (just).
How can I install if the CD isn't bootable?
I do have another Ubuntu 6.02 system running, if that helps.
My oldest machine is I don't know how old but it is 333MHz and was at least 6
months behind the curve at the time. It can boot from CD.
When linux was starting it made an effort to let anyone install it in any way
possible. Those have fallen away now that it is established. If you
cannot find
a network install for Ubantu forget it but given how old that computer must be
can it even get on the net? Can even even address more than 6GB of
disk or more
than 64M of RAM?
It's an IBM Pentium II, which according to the sticker inside can take
up to 3 x 128M ram.
It's currently running NT4. I only want it as a print server, and I
don't expect it to be too stressed at that. (A couple of times a day
15 PCs will all try to print at once. NT4 will only allow 10
concurrent connections, which is why I want to change it. Win98
doesn't have a limit, but after running for a few days or weeks it
needs rebooting.)
One has to suggest you visit some computer stores in your area and find one
that is much better than what you have for a $100 or so.
But I'd rather recycle old hardware than put it in landfill, provided
it can still do something useful.
Anyway, a couple of other posts suggest how to do this, so I'll give
it a try later. It's all part of the great learning experience.
--
Alan Adams, from Northamptonshire
alan.adams@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
http://www.nckc.org.uk/
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