SWriverstone
June 22nd, 2008, 05:13 PM
I inherited an old Sony Vaio PCG-SR33 notebook that I want to install Ubuntu on.
The notebook does NOT have any kind of CD-ROM or floppy disk drive. (They were separate, plug-in devices that are long gone for some reason...) It has a single USB port.
I downloaded the CD image and burned it (actually created the CD from the image, didn't just burn the .iso file to CD). Then I connected an external CD drive (via USB) which Win2000 recognizes fine.
I checked the Sony Vaio notebook's BIOS settings, and it *is* set to boot from CD before hard disk. But I cannot get the system to boot from the Ubuntu CD. I don't believe this is due to a problem with the CD...but with the fact that the system does not in fact recognize the external CD drive until Windows 2000 is loaded (catch-22).
Is there **any** way to reformat the C: drive and install Ubuntu starting from *within* Windows 2000? I've explored the files on the Ubuntu CD to no avail.
Otherwise, I feel like I'm screwed---I really want to try out Ubuntu...but can't get it installed! All I can do on this notebook is launch Windows 2000.
Thanks,
Scott
The notebook does NOT have any kind of CD-ROM or floppy disk drive. (They were separate, plug-in devices that are long gone for some reason...) It has a single USB port.
I downloaded the CD image and burned it (actually created the CD from the image, didn't just burn the .iso file to CD). Then I connected an external CD drive (via USB) which Win2000 recognizes fine.
I checked the Sony Vaio notebook's BIOS settings, and it *is* set to boot from CD before hard disk. But I cannot get the system to boot from the Ubuntu CD. I don't believe this is due to a problem with the CD...but with the fact that the system does not in fact recognize the external CD drive until Windows 2000 is loaded (catch-22).
Is there **any** way to reformat the C: drive and install Ubuntu starting from *within* Windows 2000? I've explored the files on the Ubuntu CD to no avail.
Otherwise, I feel like I'm screwed---I really want to try out Ubuntu...but can't get it installed! All I can do on this notebook is launch Windows 2000.
Thanks,
Scott