installation ways

**runorun** · May 14th, 2020

Hi , how can i install ubuntu without an usb drive or dvd? I tried also Unetbootin but when i reboot an error appears everytime.(cant start operating system,something like that) Is there another way to do it?

**ActionParsnip** · May 14th, 2020

What external media options do you have? Your system will have USB ports... Why can't you use those?

**runorun** · May 14th, 2020

i have only an android phone except my laptop , i tried to root it for use as a usb device but it fails. I dont have any option other than that

**ajgreeny** · May 14th, 2020

Is there someone from whom you could borrow a USB flash drive just to install Ubuntu?

Alternatively you can surely find a small USB flash drive to buy online for just a very small sum; you only need a 4GB drive for installing.

**runorun** · May 14th, 2020

ok thanks i've got it, i've just trying to find out is there any other way, looks like i'll find an usb memory

**sisco311** · May 14th, 2020

There are many unorthodox ways to install Ubuntu or any other Linux/Unix distro. https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Installation

Not many people are using this methods - most likely - that's why the documentation is outdated.

**yancek** · May 14th, 2020

You haven't posted much information so it's hard to suggest anything. If you have a current Linux OS installed it is a simple matter of downloading the new Linux iso, creating a menuentry in the /boot/grub/grub.cfg file and booting it. If you don't have a Linux installed that of course is not possible. Unetbootin has (had) an option to put the Linux live extracted iso on a hard drive partition and after doing that, you should have seen a boot entry in the windows menu. Is this the option you used w/unetbootin that failed? A lot simpler to get a usb/dvd.