-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Find out if your laptop supports booting from a flash drive. If it can boot DSL (Damn Small Linux) then we can help you from there.
Another option is a net install via a floppy (if your laptop has one). One more option is to put the laptop hard drive into a computer with a CDROM/DVD drive (say a desktop machine). Do the install, then move the hard drive back into your laptop. Yes, it really can be that easy. Of course, you should fix the laptop anyway. bogi wrote: > While it is cairtainly possible to install ubuntu Linux from a flash drive, > maybe your problem isn't where you think it is. you might want to give the > Ubuntu alternate installer a try, a bit less comfortable but uses a lot less > (energy) to install. Here is a link to the latest ubuntu Linux alternative > installer : > > http://mirrors.kernel.org/ubuntu-releases/gutsy/ubuntu-7.10-alternate-i386.iso > > Now this is 7.10 and Intel , if you need the 64 bit version it is also > available on the same mirror. > > Ubuntu does take a considerable amount of power to install specially with the > live cd. > > If you still want to do the usb drive installation, check first if your > laptop > supports booting from the usb drive ... Then we talk again :-) > > Cheers > Szemir > > > On October 19, 2007 16:23, Behnam Fonouni wrote: >> Hi >> >> I have a notebook and used to work with Windows XP on it. About a month >> ago, while I was burning a CD, it suddenly shouted down and from then on, >> it happens ever now and then. I had an expert company to check the computer >> and they said everything seems OK. >> >> Recently, when I tried to install ubuntu 7.04 from its CD on this notebook, >> it alerted me that the CPU is over heated and the installation should be >> terminated. As I guessed the CD drive may make the problem, I thought of >> installing from a flash drive. But, I couldn't find any reference on the >> Internet to do so. >> I am familiar with computer hardware and software, but it is my first >> experience with Linux. >> >> I want to know if it is possible to install ubuntu 7.04 from a flash drive >> and if not, what are the other options I have. >> >> Thanks in advance >> Behnam > > _______________________________________________ > clug-talk mailing list > [email protected] > http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) > **Please remove these lines when replying -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFHGY20wRXgH3rKGfMRAmKFAJ9I5DFlLO+vbHJ5TeiNJhlBcl55xACfexrJ cXGbeRkfue/aLdBwZMkp5sQ= =JDZp -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list [email protected] http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) **Please remove these lines when replying
