highkftj Posted November 28, 2009 Share Posted November 28, 2009 Hello to everyone, I am new to linux and I want to move to this system after bad experiences with windows. I have also a particular problem. An old laptop is probably able to handle just linux at this point of its life. The cdrom is gone, the bios doesn't have usb boot support, there is no floppy or pxe network boot ability, so I was wondering what other way I can have to install linux on a barebone hd (nothing on it). The only Idea I had was to copy some files on the hd via a ide cable adapter, connecting the laptop hd to the mobo of a desktop. I did the same in the past to install xp: I used msdos 7 to boot the machine and then launch the xp setup from withing the hd (copied before the installation files). So my question is, can I do the same with linux? in such case, of course I will have a hd formatted with fat32 to boot in msdos, and what files should I copy on this partition to launch the installation? If this is not the best path to follow and some guru here can advise me a better way I am looking for his helps. I look on the net but everywhere at least they require a previous operative system on it or some kind of boot support (usb, cdrom, floppy...) Thanks again Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/183227-how-to-install-linux-in-a-system-without-cdrom-usb-boot-floppy-other-os/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel0 Posted November 28, 2009 Share Posted November 28, 2009 If you have a spare computer, you can just plug in the HDD on that one, install your Linux distro and then move the HDD back. Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/183227-how-to-install-linux-in-a-system-without-cdrom-usb-boot-floppy-other-os/#findComment-967165 Share on other sites More sharing options...
divinequran Posted December 4, 2009 Share Posted December 4, 2009 I think he is using laptop and it is not much easier to remove his harddisk from laptop? It there is any way to do wireless data transfer? and install the linux from windows without rebooting the system? Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/183227-how-to-install-linux-in-a-system-without-cdrom-usb-boot-floppy-other-os/#findComment-971404 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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