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keywalker
September 25th, 2008, 04:49 PM
I have an old windows 98 laptop I want to put linux on but i don't have a cdrom drive in the laptop. I have an external cdrw drive that i can plug into the pcmcia port but there is not any way to get the computer to boot from this drive. Is there any way I can install xubuntu from the alternate cd without first booting from it?
oilchangeguy
September 25th, 2008, 05:38 PM
I have an old windows 98 laptop I want to put linux on but i don't have a cdrom drive in the laptop. I have an external cdrw drive that i can plug into the pcmcia port but there is not any way to get the computer to boot from this drive. Is there any way I can install xubuntu from the alternate cd without first booting from it?

what are the specs of this computer?
snowpine
September 25th, 2008, 05:40 PM
Do you have access to another laptop with a working CD drive? You can swap the hard disks, install, and swap them back. :)

ps There are some common issues that come up with old laptops, so do yourself a favor and search for threads on your specific laptop to see if others have had success. Post your system specs here if you like.