On Friday 07 October 2005 13:31, Liyun Yu wrote: > I was trying to figure out how to install Ubuntu on a laptop > that has no CD drive and no network NIC connections. It is a > Thinkpad 240. There is an external floppy drive and an external > USB CD drive is available to host the Ubuntu installation CD > but won't boot from there. > > So far I have tried the BootManager (off sourceforge) that won't work. > Tested booting using RedHat floppy then run from the USB CD and it > seemed to work - should be able to install the RedHat Linux. > > My question: > Is there anyway to create a bootable floppy, just like the one > redhat created, to boot off the floppy drive to allow installing > Ubuntu on to this Thinkpad 240 laptop? > > I searched around (google, ubuntuforums, etc.)but did not find > any resource available to this specific case, except some suggestions > using network booting or using Btmgr both won't work in this case. > > Thanks, > > Liyun Yu
Doesn't really answer the floppy qustion, but: Two suggestions, pcmcia nic, or usb nic. Ron -- TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/
