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probably a better deal than buying bits and pieces of stuff for an ancient one.</span></font></p>
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[mailto:ubuntu-users-bounces@lists.ubuntu.com] <b><span style='font-weight:
bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>Ashley Benton<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Thursday, November 22, 2007
8:21 PM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> Ubuntu user technical
support,not for general discussions<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Re: Installing Ubuntu
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:
.5in'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>It
seems that you are right I have a quantum pro drive lps and another hard drive
of 850 mb but it doesn't make the 2 gb require. I will
buy another hard drive before to try. Thanks again<br>
Meg </span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>On Nov 22, 2007 9:09 PM, Ashley Benton <<a
href="mailto:meggalen@gmail.com">meggalen@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</span></font></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt'>I have no idea and don't know where to look. I'll try
to find out. Thanks for the reminder<br>
Meg</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>On Nov 22, 2007 9:03 PM, David Vincent <<a
href="mailto:dvincent@sleepdeprived.ca" target="_blank"> dvincent@sleepdeprived.ca</a>>
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Benton wrote: <br>
> Hi,<br>
> I have a very old computer using windows 3.1 and not really working. I<br>
> wanted to install Ubuntu on it for my son. This computer has only a<br>
> floppy drive and apparently no programs to go on internet. Is it <br>
> possible to install Ubuntu from floppy disks? How do I create the floppy<br>
> disks? If I try to move a copy of my ubuntu cd inside the floppy disk,<br>
> Ubuntu tells me that there is not enough space. Any advice would be <br>
> welcome.</span></font></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt'>How big is the hard drive in that machine?
Nothing I had back in that<br>
day had anything near the 2+gb required for Ubuntu to be installed.<br>
<br>
I've already seen some suggestions about getting USB CDROM drives etc., <br>
before you go that far do you have the space to install Ubuntu on there?<br>
<br>
-d<br>
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