[CoLoCo] Ubuntu Install ISO to External Hard Drive?

[Jim Hutchinson]

On Mon, Jul 28, 2008 at 11:33 PM, Ringo Kamens <2600denver at gmail.com> wrote:

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> I have a friend whose version of XP broke and I convinced him to switch
> to Ubuntu after this most recent crash. The problem is that his laptop's
> CD drive is totally ruined and as a result, I can't boot from the Ubuntu
> CD. I have all the ISOs on my computer, is there a way I can copy the
> data from them onto a partition on my external hard drive and boot from
> that? Any help would be appreciated, as I have to figure this out by
> tomorrow. An Ubuntu install is on the line ; )


I've never tried this but I think one approach would be to make a live flash
drive (http://www.pendrivelinux.com/) and then boot it and install that way.
One of my students last year put backtrack on a flash drive and used it for
a while. I know I've seen other discussions about this too but I can't
remember where. There may be a page on the wiki. The other thing is that the
computer will need to have the capability to boot from usb. If it's newer it
probably does. With dell press f12 to see the boot options. Other computers
will have a similar option.

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