How-to install without CD?

deemarie at fastmail.fm deemarie at fastmail.fm
Sat Mar 7 18:04:16 UTC 2009


> Hi,
> Take a look here - https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Installation
> However this is not the correct place to come for general xubuntu help,
> try the forums ubuntuforums.org.

SORRY I won't do it again. I didn't see a Xubuntu forum. I assumed
ubuntu was not xubuntu. Diff names and all.
thanks

On Sat, 7 Mar 2009 11:29:50 +0000, "George Brooke"
<solar.george at googlemail.com> said:
> On Saturday 07 March 2009 01:52:02 deemarie at fastmail.fm wrote:
> > Dear Xubuntu
> >
> > I would like instructions on how to install Xubuntu 8.10 from an iso
> > image that is on my hard drive.
> > Also, if it matters,  which  ISO image would I need to download....
> > Desktop CD or Alternate install CD... in order to accomplish this?
> >
> > I was able to do this for Puppy Linux. Unzipped iso to C:\, added grldr
> > and menu.lst to C:\boot.images folder,  modified boot.ini  adding
> > C:\GRLDR="Puppy Menu".
> > That made a "frugal install".  From there you can do normal/full install
> > to another hard drive/partition.
> >
> > That's what I'm looking to do with your Xubuntu.  Puppy Linux was awful.
> >
> > I'm running Windows 2000pro btw.  866PIII, 512ram.
> > I'd like to put Xubuntu on hda3 (I:)
> >
> > Thank you
> > Deemarie
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