On Fri, Feb 12, 2010 at 12:34 PM, Scott Granneman <[email protected]> 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? > > Otherwise, you're hosed.
Booting from a USB device (stick, drive, CD-ROM, etc.) would work. I happen to be using an SD card since the eeepc has an SD card slot, but conceptually it's the same. Regards, - Robert -- 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
