I was hoping some linux tech heads here could give me some pointers about installing linux onto a
laptop I have which has no cd drive. To make things worse it does not even boot from usb. I had
installed XP on it with an unattended install using the /makelocalsource switch which copies files
to the local hdd then finishes setup from there after reboot. Is there an easy switch function to
install any linux distro once you have the files on your hdd? (I have a mapped network drive to my
laptop and sharing from my desktop so i can access my files. I just don't know if...

How to Install Windows XP on your CD/DVD/Pen drive QUOTE This article will show you how to
install Windows XP on your CD/DVD/USB Pen drive/ Flash Drive/ thumb Drive Requirements:- 1) Windows
XP CD or Windows XP Setup Information 2) Blank CD or DVD or 2) USB Pen Drive Minimum of 1 GB (disk
space necessary 256 MB or less) 3) BART PE builder software. Procedure:- 1) Make sure that your
system has about 500MB of free disk space! 2) Download the latest PE Builder version
(self-installing package) and install it. 3) Start PE Builder (pebuilder.exe). When you sta...

Hi, I just found out this nice software which allows you to install Ubuntu from Windows as any other
application. I haven't tried it personally though, because I'm already running Linux, but
some of you may want to check it out. Here it is: http://wubi-installer.org/ I hope it helps
somebody....

My nephew bought a new ibook a few months ago and I told him to hold off on installing Tiger because
it was so new I knew there would be problems with compatibility and bugs and stuff. So it's been
a while now, they've released 10.5.1 and .2 shouldn't be too far behind. The question is:
For those of you who've installed it, how do you like it? Is it pretty much bug-free by now or
are you having problems running your favorite software? If you don't have a Macintosh or an
informed opinion on the subject matter, please refrain from posting. Thank you....

I was wondering if anyone here knows something about Windows updates. I use Win XP SP2 and have
done a repair install of Windows. I now notice that my updates do not work properly anymore. I have
Automatic Updates turned on, but now, I see the yellow icon in my taskbar which tells me updates are
ready to be downloaded. When I double click on the icon and allow the install, everything still
works as normal, except, after only half a minute or so, i get the message: "The following updates
could not be installed:", showing me a whole bunch of updates. After that, the y...

How to install Microsoft Windows XP automatically As you know, during installing Microsoft
Windows XP, setup asks you several questions about your installation drive, windows serial number,
your language, administrator password, local time zone and … . So that you should sit and answer
above questions. But there is a small tool in Microsoft Windows CD , let's you answer these
questions before installing Windows. 1- Put Windows XP CD/DVD in the CD/DVD in your CD/DVD ROM and
go to following folder: X:\Support\tools\ 2- Copy deploy.cab in your Hard Dr...

Does Anybody know how I can install windows without a cd-rom drive on an old laptop? The only
removable drive is a floppy. Any help would be appreciated....

Okay, here's the tutorial I keep on finding but won't work: QUOTE Step 4 Get the server
software. When running a LAMPP server you actually need to get the AMPP part. I like to install the
XAMPP server from Apache Friends as it organizes the files and makes installing a snap! 1.
Download XAMPP. http://www.apachefriends.org/en/xampp-linux.html 2. Install XAMPP
Click on the Applications menu, then accessories and finally Terminal. While I hate having to jump
through hoops with the stupid terminal, trust me this will simplify your life...

My friend just called me, asking for a place to get drivers for Linux. I know a little about Linux,
but not enough to help him out. He's using the distro ubuntu, and he needs a driver for a
wireless card. The card he is using is a Dell Wireless 1350 802.11 B-GPC. I know nothing about
Linux drivers, I use knoppix and everything I need is already on the CD. Can someone help me?...

I recently installed CentOS 4.2 on an old computer of mine and then I realized that I needed a few
more packages than I selected during installation. I need some of the Developer Tools packages
(mainly gcc for compiling stuff). Is it possible to use the install CDs to get the packages now or
do I have to reinstall? It's not connected to the internet so I can't get them there, and
I've tried using yum but that seems to want the net, too. Edit: Added OS to description for
clarification ...

I have been using Linux on my Laptop for awhile. Ubuntu. I'm thinking I am ready to turn my
desktop into a Linux machine, or atleast half of it. Currently, the only things keeping me on
Windows are... -Flash. -Dreamweaver. -Photoshop. -Games. (HL) Please suggest me Linux alternates
that I can use to jump off of Windows. This whole reformat every 3 months thing isn't fun....

Ok so the machine in question has a old 5400rpm drive with WindowsXP on it. I'm considering
replacing it with a long over due upgrade to a Raptor 10,000rpm. My motherboard has the input so
that isn't a problem. Rather, the problem is that I can't transfer all Windows files to
another harddrive by simply copying them over. Also, I've been having a lot of problems with
my current setup and figure a clean install of Windows would be just as well, killing two birds with
one stone. But I remember having to submit a code to Microsoft when I originally install...

I booted my computer off of my SUSE 10 install dvd this morning, and the coolest thing happened. The
GRUB background on the disk was of lots of little penguins running around in the snow with santa
hats on. I know it probally sounds like I'm making this up, but try it for yourself. It's
really funny. I think they have it installed to check the BIOS date, and if it's December 25th,
it displays that background. Sorry I can't put a screenshot up, but I'm not in the OS to do
that....

I'm trying to install courier-authlib on OpenBSD 3.7 but when I do the "make install" I see this
messages: *** Warning: linker path does not have real file for library -lvpopmail. *** I have the
capability to make that library automatically link in when *** you link to this library. But I can
only do this if you have a *** shared version of the library, which you do not appear to have ***
because I did check the linker path looking for a file starting *** with libvpopmail and none of the
candidates passed a file format test *** using a file magic. Last file checked:...

I am wanting to move a complete RedHat 8 install from one box to another. Current box is a IBM
server (SCSI drives etc etc). Not sure of the new box spec yet (it may only be temporary) so may
have normal IDE drives (though i'd guess having SCSI also would be much easier) While yes i
could load up a fresh install and bring everything over, i am no exactly Linuxperienced a great
deal and the box has some prorietary software (locally produced and rare) that i KNOW i could never
get up and running again (the customer wants to avoid the software house as they are movin...