>>>>> "John" == John Jason Jordan <[email protected]> writes:
John> Does the laptop have a USB port? If so it's probably 1.1, but John> will still work with more modern USB devices, just more John> slowly. So you could possibly scare up a USB CD drive. It has usb2. The CPU is a 2.4GHz P4. It's not *that* old. John> Or do you need to boot to the CD drive? If the laptop is as old John> as it sounds, the BIOS probably doesn't offer the option of John> booting to a USB drive, even if it's really a CD. That's possible. I suggested trying that route also, but Denis is lacking the thumbdrive facilities. That's probably the cheapest route at the moment. Use /bin/dd to copy the Win98 install CD to a harddisk, and then build a bootable USB drive from that image. Ubuntu calls it the "Startup Disk Creator". John> Maybe I didn't read carefully enough. What do you need the CD John> drive for? To install windows 98, the most recent OS with drivers for the scanner. -- Russell Senior, President [email protected] _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
