On Monday 20 March 2006 03:58 pm, jdd wrote: > Donald Ade wrote: > > I'm sorry typo. I ment that system has neither a cdrom drive nor a floppy > > drive. > > well. should you have answered my other questions, the > answer could be easier... > > *here the easiest way is probably to get out the HD, connect > it to an other computer and run from there. Install grub on > the drive mbr and you'll be able to boot from your computer > drive (a little tricky but no so difficult) > > *you can also go to www.vmware.com, download the free vmware > server and install suse in it (very easy). > > *loan a usb bootable drive if any (easier, 1 hour is enough. > Most PC vendor could accomodate an one hour loan!) > > > these are the only I think of available to anybody. > > But if I had to do that, I could try: > > * download a single boot cd distribution (there is one for > SUSE, but's a dvd), make a separate partition just as big as > needed to copy the cd/dvd to it (as an image, not as a file, > with windows flavor of dd). manage to boot from it using > windows - not easy but probably doable > > * may be simpler look google for an usb bootable linux > distro (there are several) > > in fact, you need a way to boot any linux. From there you > can launch grub and boot any disk image > > jdd
LOL. jdd your gonna hate me for this one but oops I also forgot to mentioned no boot options except HD. My problem is that I'm looking at it (right next to me) and in my head I think people can see it or know its problems. Anyways, like I said its a Sony Vaio. To be more specific: Sony Vaio PCG-Z505LS laptop 750 MHz 256 MB RAM 20 GB HD (split 7.7GB (W2K sp4 (fat32)/ 11GB (storage(fat32)) bios locked (don't ask), No cdrom, No floppy I think I'm going to buy a 20GB and install via another computer as you suggested. I can go the vmware route but I'm worried about performance. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
