Installing Ubuntu from floppy disk?

[Anthony M. Rasat]

> >     On Nov 22, 2007 9:03 PM, David Vincent < dvincent at sleepdeprived.ca
> >     <mailto:dvincent at sleepdeprived.ca>> wrote:
> > 
> >         Ashley Benton wrote:
> >          > Hi,
> >          > I have a very old computer using windows 3.1 and not really
> >         working. I
> >          > wanted to install Ubuntu on it for my son. This computer has
> >         only a
> >          > floppy drive and apparently no programs to go on internet. Is it
> >          > possible to install Ubuntu from floppy disks? How do I create
> >         the floppy
> >          > disks? If I try to move a copy of my ubuntu cd inside the
> >         floppy disk,
> >          > Ubuntu tells me that there is not enough space. Any advice
> >         would be
> >          > welcome.
> > 
> >         How big is the hard drive in that machine?  Nothing I had back
> >         in that
> >         day had anything near the 2+gb required for Ubuntu to be installed.
> > 
> >         I've already seen some suggestions about getting USB CDROM
> >         drives etc.,
> >         before you go that far do you have the space to install Ubuntu
> >         on there?
> > 
> >         -d
> > 
> > 
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Assuming thread starter is from Canada, I would say please spare yourself from agony and get one decent PC for less than $300. Even Walmart now selling $200 Ubuntu-preinstalled VIA processor-based PC (err, do Canadian have Walmart? Not a US citizen or Canadian here).

Regards,

Anthony M. Rasat
IT Department
Kaltim Post Group
Balikpapan - Indonesia.-