bilmas
September 13th, 2009, 05:37 PM
i have a dell laptop here and it's near-useless
it plays music and that's about it.
i want to do an install of ubuntu on it but there is a problem:
while windows is running it seems to recognize that there is a cd drive but when i go to the boot menu and select for the computer to boot from a cd, it doesn't do that. i've tried it with both the internal drive and an external cd/dvd drive i brought with me. the internal drive will at least whir a little bit before the windows flash screen appears
i know that there is wubi but the problem is that the computer at present will not connect to the internet and though i haven't attempted it yet, all usb stick installs i've seen require using ubuntu to make the usb bootable. my linux machine is 100 miles away and i only have a mac with me
is there a way to get wubi.exe to open the iso file i already have rather than download it? or is there any other option? i foresee ubuntu solving whatever is wrong with this computer (since it is viruses that caused these problems to start with) but i can't seem to install it
crud!
any advice is appreciated
davidbilmas
it plays music and that's about it.
i want to do an install of ubuntu on it but there is a problem:
while windows is running it seems to recognize that there is a cd drive but when i go to the boot menu and select for the computer to boot from a cd, it doesn't do that. i've tried it with both the internal drive and an external cd/dvd drive i brought with me. the internal drive will at least whir a little bit before the windows flash screen appears
i know that there is wubi but the problem is that the computer at present will not connect to the internet and though i haven't attempted it yet, all usb stick installs i've seen require using ubuntu to make the usb bootable. my linux machine is 100 miles away and i only have a mac with me
is there a way to get wubi.exe to open the iso file i already have rather than download it? or is there any other option? i foresee ubuntu solving whatever is wrong with this computer (since it is viruses that caused these problems to start with) but i can't seem to install it
crud!
any advice is appreciated
davidbilmas