In comp.os.linux.advocacy, amicus_curious
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on Thu, 18 Jan 2007 14:04:22 -0500
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> "Roy Schestowitz" <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>> Install Ubuntu/Kubuntu/Edubuntu/Xubuntu without CDROM Drive
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>> | If You have a old machine without CD-ROM and you want to use that as
>> | your ubuntu desktop You can use any one of the following solutions to
>> | install ubuntu.
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>> http://ubuntu-tutorials.blogspot.com/2007/01/install-ubuntukubuntuedubuntuxubuntu.html
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> I am very curious to know how many "old" computers there are on the planet
> with a minimum of 192Mb of RAM and a spare 700Mb of hard drive space and an
> Ethernet connection to the internet but lacking a CD-ROM. Before CDs came
> with just about everything, the HD was below 100Mb and there was never a
> network card. Maybe a modem.
>
> This is a solution in search of a problem.
>
Maybe, but I do have a couple of old computers which can't boot from
CD-ROM. (They're ancient Optiplex G1 or GX1 units.)
Makes life interesting. :-)
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