How to install new Ubuntu without a CD

[Nils Kassube]

Kevin O'Gorman wrote:
> I have an old laptop that I keep running because it helps me with some
> voluteer work I do.  I want to install Ubuntu on it, but the way I'm
> used to involved burning a CD or DVD, and its media reader no longer
> functions. Is there a way to do this?

Make a bootable USB stick with the downloaded image of your preferred 
Ubuntu version:
<https://tutorials.ubuntu.com/tutorial/tutorial-create-a-usb-stick-on-ubuntu>


Nils