[Discuss] Installing without an optical drive...

[Lionel Widdifield]

On Thu, Oct 26, 2006 at 07:41:24PM -0700, Leamy Acoustic Art Inc. wrote:
> 
>         If anyone has suggestions that might help me get a working OS
> onto the system I would appreciate it. I am planning on finding a new
> optical drive for my laptop ... Toshiba Satellite 1800 ... but until
> then I would simply like an installed OS to allow me to transfer data on
> and off the system, do basic word processing, etc.

 RIP(Recovery Is Possible) or DSL(Damn Small Linux) on a USB stick will give
you access to your data.

 If you were to get a console and networking operational, you could transfer
a backup of an existing install onto the harddrive. A method I use for
system installs rather than feeding cd's to the machine.

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