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carpediembp
September 26th, 2008, 08:29 PM
Hello all, i am looking to breathe new life into my aging laptop.

Its running windows ME:-& and i want to put xubuntu onto it.

My main problem is my PCMCIA slot is busted, so i can not use my external cd drive. and i have read that it WILL NOT BOOT from usb drives.

Is there a relatively simple way of installing some form of linux on the hd then forcing a boot/install from there? I am not too hardware savvy(cant take hds out and install from other pcs, etc) but i am not a complete novice. i am a quick learner and can figure things out if need be. But from all that i have read in searches previously i have seen that the VIAO's are tricky animals.

Thanks much in advance.

Pumalite
September 26th, 2008, 10:10 PM
Have you considered unetbootin?:
http://lubi.sourceforge.net/unetbootin.html

oilchangeguy
September 26th, 2008, 10:28 PM
knowing the specs of the computer would be helpful.

Pumalite
September 26th, 2008, 10:29 PM
I hope he thinks of that too