On Thu, Dec 16, 2010 at 12:05 AM, Russell Senior <[email protected]>wrote:
> >>>>> "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] I will have filled the thumbdrive lack by this afternoon. I will then try the route you describe. If I am sucessful, I will be on my way! Thanks, -Denis _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
