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From: Joe LaVigne 
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Subject: Re: Network Install of Ubuntu?
Date: 6 Mar 2007 08:16:57 GMT
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On Mon, 05 Mar 2007 22:42:25 -0800, Eugene MacCaslin wrote:

> Can you get a usb port on the laptop?  Can you boot from a usb device on
> the laptop.  If you can do that you can get a CD that will boot and
> install from the external CD drive.

No, USB boot is not an option.  Old laptop, cannot boot from USB.

I have taken the coward's way out, though, and purchased the External
drive cable from E-Bay, and will be installing Xubuntu with the CD Drive
from my Wife's laptop...   ;-)
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