On Fri, Feb 12, 2010 at 01:34:44PM -0600, Scott Granneman wrote: > Well, I wasn't focusing on the Blue Screen, but more on the last paragraph: > > "Unfortunately, that left netbook users out of luck, since most of the > lightweight, inexpensive laptops lack an optical drive, and so can't > boot from an XP installation disc. "Are there any fixes for netbooks, > or am I essentially screwed for the time being?" asked "HimDen."" > > I presume the way around this for Ubuntu is booting from a flash > drive?
Yes, you can even create it from Windows if you have a working copy. http://unetbootin.sourceforge.net/ -- David Dooling http://www.politigenomics.com/ -- Central West End Linux Users Group (via Google Groups) Main page: http://www.cwelug.org To post: [email protected] To subscribe: [email protected] To unsubscribe: [email protected] More options: http://groups.google.com/group/cwelug
