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bbru
October 18th, 2010, 06:13 PM
Hello all

I've a bit of an odd situation: an old-ish laptop with no bootable USB and no CD drive. It does have an old version of Ubuntu installed.

I think I have two broad approaches...
- Set up a boot from LAN: I have found older instructions, but I wonder if anyone has some new and clear instructions? My broadband hub already does DHCP so I can't really modify addressing too much
- Try to download the new version to the HDD from the machine and begin a new install from that: does anyone have any guidance

The existing installation seems pretty shattered: the GUI does not load at all!

Any help appreciated

Ben

sikander3786
October 18th, 2010, 06:32 PM
Which version of Ubuntu is it running currently? Can't you upgrade to newer version by apt-get upgrade?

bbru
October 18th, 2010, 06:57 PM
Thanks: I think it was 7.04 and followed the advice to upgrade carefully version-by-version, but during one of the steps it seems to have broken the display driver. I've also tried the "repair" commands but with no success.

The initial install might not have been any good: it wasn't me that installed it!

Regards

Ben

sikander3786
October 18th, 2010, 07:05 PM
This page lists many options for installing without any external medium.

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Installation

I have seen a nice guide but am unable to find it at the moment. I am searching for it and will post as soon as I approach it. Might be someone else does that in the mean time.

Edit: This one might also be useful.

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1549847