network installation ?

[Carl Karsten]

Jonathan Khoo wrote:
> Hi guys,
> 
> I have an IBM Thinkpad x24. The external CD Rom is faulty. The BIOS has 
> no pxe boot and the only other device it can use for bootup is the 
> external floppy diskdrive. Is there anyway I can get to install Ubuntu 
> on the notebook ?

Do you have an integratred nic?, if so: "If your box doesn't have the 
option to boot from lan (like one of mine) you can make a boot disk that 
will do that part. http://etherboot.sourceforge.net " 
https://www.ubuntulinux.org/wiki/LocalNetInstall

Those 2 links should be all you need.

Carl Karsten