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From: ray 
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Subject: Re: copying files to hard disk to avoid boot disk
Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2007 13:09:18 -0700
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On Wed, 14 Feb 2007 17:16:21 +0000, Limestone-Cowboy wrote:

> I have an old Fujitsu Siemens B Series Lifebook and out of sheer pig 
> headedness i would like to install ubuntu or kubuntu.
> 
> The machine has an add on FDD and a PCMCIA (non bootable) CDROM and has 
> a celeron 400MHz CPU and 128mb RAM.
> 
> Is there a way I can copy the contents of an installation CD to the hard 
> disk via a usb adapter then install the disk in the laptop and install 
> from there.
> 
> Furthermore, how easy is it to get the following hardware running
> 
> Lifebook touchscreen
> 
> LT Modem
> 
> Built in network card.

I can't answer the 'how to' part, but I do have some comments:

a 400mhz celeron will be very slow with either Gnome (default Ubuntu
desktop) or KDE (default Kubuntu desktop). Your experience will be much
better from a performance standpoint if you try, say, XFCE (xubuntu would
get you there) or Enlightenment (Elive would be my choice) or another of
the 'lighter' desktops. Of the two (Gnome or KDE) I think it is still true
that Gnome is a little 'lighter'.

There is a 'scanmodem' script you can try once you get Linux installed
that will attempt to analyze your modem and direct you to get it working.
Some 'winmodems' work, others don't. The one in my laptop and the one in
my old Compaq 7470 desktop work, one in a recent Everex desktop doesn't.

Generally, Linux is quite good with network cards. I know that, for
example, you can do an FTP install of SUSE with a boot from a very small
CD image - I'm not sure but there may be an option to start that from
floppy. Something like that may be your best bet in the long run. BTW -
you did not mention explicitly - do you have the capability to boot from a
USB device? 
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