ilia_kr Posted October 13, 2008 Report Share Posted October 13, 2008 Hi there, A friend of mine has an old netbook that doesn't have any CD/DVD-rom or floppy. It has USB 1.1 and a BIOS that doesn't allow booting from USB or network (not sure about the latter though). He wants to install Linux, because WinXP feels kind of a slow on it but the question is how. We (he) need your help here. Please post any ideas, personal experience and everything relevant. P.S. We don't want to install Debian or Ubuntu by using their windows installers. Thanks... P.P.S. This post is double posted at distrostop.org here. [moved from Hardware by spinynorman] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theYinYeti Posted October 13, 2008 Report Share Posted October 13, 2008 I can't think of a solution other than taking the drive somewhere else, installing a basic text-only system on it (with no specific drivers), and put the drive back in place, making sure (use UUIDs) it will be able to boot, and thus finish installation. Yves. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ilia_kr Posted October 13, 2008 Author Report Share Posted October 13, 2008 Is it possible to install a bootlosder on some other computer so it will work on a laptop too? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverSurfer60 Posted October 13, 2008 Report Share Posted October 13, 2008 I am in the process of trying just what you want to do. The method I am trying is to copy the i586 folder from my pc's dvd over a network to the laptop. Once the copy process is complete I will add an entry to grub to point to the newly copied folder. Just how I'm not sure just yet but if you can wait a little longer I will work it out and post it all on here as 'Tricks & Tips' Assuming it works of course. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ilia_kr Posted October 13, 2008 Author Report Share Posted October 13, 2008 Thanks, man. Is Linux installed now on your laptop? Because in my case the lappy has only WinXP and no GRUB whatsoever. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverSurfer60 Posted October 13, 2008 Report Share Posted October 13, 2008 Yes Linux is installed, I did that by using a live cd version. However I do believe there is a grub version for windows. I will look that up as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ilia_kr Posted October 13, 2008 Author Report Share Posted October 13, 2008 Cool, there is a GRUB installer for Windows. I'm eager to see your how-to... Thanks again Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyme Posted October 13, 2008 Report Share Posted October 13, 2008 (edited) seems to me this might be useful. though, i'm not sure how you would reference the iso if it were on a Windows drive (or if you can - not sure grub can read NTFS). This will work for you silver. ilia, you could try making a small temp ext2 partition (i think there are free windows tools for this) to hold the dvd iso for installation - that's just one idea. (also, steve uses an external drive, but you can use an internal as long as you don't format that partition) Edited October 13, 2008 by tyme Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jkerr82508 Posted October 13, 2008 Report Share Posted October 13, 2008 This may help: http://wiki.mandriva.com/en/Docs/Installin..._Windows_method (I've never tried it.) Jim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyme Posted October 13, 2008 Report Share Posted October 13, 2008 nice find Jim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ilia_kr Posted October 14, 2008 Author Report Share Posted October 14, 2008 We will check this, thanks a lot ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverSurfer60 Posted October 14, 2008 Report Share Posted October 14, 2008 The Howto My first attempt at a howto. I worked hard on getting the whole thing to completion. I hope it is useful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ilia_kr Posted October 14, 2008 Author Report Share Posted October 14, 2008 Thank you, we'll try it ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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