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Old 10-14-2006, 12:38 PM   #1 (permalink)
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I've read some articles about not needing a cd burner to install linux and I can do it from the net... Just for it to say later on I do *for a small part*. Well this is were my problem comes into play at. My cd/r doesn't work... And my flobby died along time ago. But I do have 2 hard drives. So is there a way I can use my primary hard drive to boot up my secondary hard drive to install linux. And if I can what type of linux should I use it seems like there are alot of them. I'm mainly just curious about linux which is why I'm trying to figure out a way to do this. Any help would be great.


O just a few things I might need to mention. I got windows xp on both hard drives. I got a sata hard drive that I would like to windows xp on and my ide drive that I would like to replace that windows with linux.
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Old 10-14-2006, 02:02 PM   #2 (permalink)
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I think you should just go buy a CD/DVD drive; it's much easier than frustrating yourself with the other method. You're going to need a CD/DVD drive anyways; every computer should have at least one. Sorry if this isn't helpful, it's just obvious.
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Old 10-14-2006, 02:05 PM   #3 (permalink)
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.. Um I got a cd drive. Just not a cd writer. And I don't want to buy linux knowing that you can get it for free. Specially seeing how I know nothing about it and pretty much just want to see how it looks.
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http://www.debian.org/releases/sarge/i386/ch04s04.html

This should also apply if you wanted to do it on a harddrive, but I would recommend using a pendrive if you can. If this is still too hard for you, then you're gonna have to suck it up and buy a burner (or borrow one).
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Old 10-14-2006, 07:38 PM   #5 (permalink)
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You can get Ubuntu discs shipped to you for free, but it takes a while to get them.

www.ubuntu.com
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Old 10-14-2006, 08:07 PM   #6 (permalink)
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Speaking of, I have a spare Edubuntu CD I can ship to you if you please. PM me if you're interested.
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