install without cdrom

[Kamal Paryani]

hi
i removed the hard disk , connected to another pc , installed ubuntu

put the hard disk back in the laptop
it workd except for x-windows
i reconfigure x-windows and
then everything was working fine
regards
kamal

On 5/31/07, debiani386 <debiani386 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Kamal Paryani wrote:
> > hi
> > i need to install ubuntu on a PIII laptop of which the cdrom drive is bad
> >
> > the laptop does not support booting from external usb cdroms
> >
> >
> > in windows world i would have removed the laptop hard disk and
> > connected it to other pc
> > make it bootable and transfer the setup cab files on to it , put it
> > back on the laptop and run setup
> >
> >
> > but i a dont know how it can be done in linux
> >
> > can i connect this hard disk to some other machine install ubuntu and
> > then put it back in the laptop and then would ubuntu re-detect all the
> > hardware
> >
> ----
> I havent tried it, but im sure it would work
> ----
> > or any other idea
> > help ??
> >
> > thanks
> >
> another thing you COULD try is wubi. Wubi is a program for windows that
> downloads and installs ubuntu onto your hard disk. However, it runs off
> of windows partitions and uses the windows boot loader to start ubuntu
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