install without cdrom

[Rashkae]

Kamal Paryani wrote:

> 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
> 

Yes, with one caveat,,, if X doesn't start properly when you move the 
hard drive back to the notebook, you might need to boot in rescue mode 
and run dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg to set it back aright.