davidshere
December 23rd, 2008, 01:19 PM
I have a laptop (Compaq Presario M2010US) which I use in the livingroom. It is a laptop I'm borrowing from work and it has Windows on it. I'm using the live CD for 8.10. The wireless on it requires a special driver, which isn't a problem -- if I have internet access. So I move the laptop to my home office and plug it into the wired internet. The install happens fine, and boom, I have wireless. However, I must do this every time I turn the machine on. Leaving it on works fine until something happens for which I have to reset.
I want to be able to do this without having to move the computer into the office to plug it in. I need a way to either (1) install the driver from a USB thumb drive, presumably after having downloaded it the first time, or (2) save the settings and installed packages on a thumb drive so that they get loaded the next time the computer starts.
I have also considered creating a live USB thumb drive, but the laptop will not boot from a thumb drive.
Any suggestions will be greatly appreciated.
I want to be able to do this without having to move the computer into the office to plug it in. I need a way to either (1) install the driver from a USB thumb drive, presumably after having downloaded it the first time, or (2) save the settings and installed packages on a thumb drive so that they get loaded the next time the computer starts.
I have also considered creating a live USB thumb drive, but the laptop will not boot from a thumb drive.
Any suggestions will be greatly appreciated.