On Sun, January 30, 2005 9:47 pm, Hugo Vincent said: > Thanks Nick, > > On 30/01/2005, at 9:35 PM, Nick Rout wrote: > <snip> >>> I thought we could try a network install (either over the internet or >>> off my laptop?) but i couldn't find any instructions on how to do >>> that. >>> can someone please point me in the right direction? >>> >> >> apparently there is no network install option for ubuntu, but you may >> be >> able to use deian's? > oh dear... i would rather not try and hack a debian installer to do the > task... > > i think we will try and swap out the dvd burner for a plain old cd > drive and put the dvd burner back in later (there are one or two > reports out there of it working ok under linux -but nothing ubuntu > specific...)
sounds like a plan. some very recent drives=very fancy firmware=potential point of failure i guess > > -- Hugo. > >
