USB drive prepared for installation of Kubuntu 9.10, but laptop does not boot from it.

[Mark Greenwood]

On Wednesday 23 Dec 2009 12:07:14 Bas Roufs wrote:

> A 2nd option I am thinking about is simply replacing the CD/ DVD combo drive
> with some other 2nd hand device enabling me to boot from CD via the laptop.
> But I do not know yet, whether something like that is possible.
>

You should be able to use a USB CD-Rom drive, assuming the BIOS supports it.

If you don't have a USB CD-Rom drive, they can be bought very cheaply, I got one for 10 GBP.

Mark
 
> Thanks for your feedback.
> 
> Bas.
>