[kwlug-disc] FreeDOS
L.D. Paniak
ldpaniak at fourpisolutions.com
Fri May 29 10:23:06 EDT 2009
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Hi Oksana,
I was fighting with a similar problem last night on different hardware.
I came across this on installing ubuntu from different media - including
hard drive:
http://news.softpedia.com/news/Alternative-Installation-Methods-for-Hardy-86977.shtml
Short version: Install ubuntu(server?) on the hard drive leaving an
extra partition big enough to copy your iso into then adjust grub to
point at the disk-based iso installer. Put the drive back in your
tablet and boot to the Winstaller.
Advantage: grub is going to work without fiddling with sys.
Similar to what you suggested, but without the FreeDOS step.
Good luck!
Lori
Oksana Goertzen wrote:
> Hi Raul,
>
> The issue is, there is no floppy in this machine.. no cdrom, can't boot
> from USB... which makes
> this a slightly more tricky install. :)
>
> - Oksana
>
>
>
> On Thu, May 28, 2009 at 11:27 PM, Raul Suarez <rarsa at yahoo.com
> <mailto:rarsa at yahoo.com>> wrote:
>
>
> This seems to be a good step by step
>
> http://www.defectivekit.net/2007/02/guide-install-windows-without-cd-rom-or.html
>
> Raul Suarez
>
> Technology consultant
> Software, Hardware and Practices
> _________________
> http://rarsa.blogspot.com/
> An eclectic collection of random thoughts
>
>
> --- On Thu, 5/28/09, Oksana Goertzen <ogoertzen at gmail.com
> <mailto:ogoertzen at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
> > From: Oksana Goertzen <ogoertzen at gmail.com
> <mailto:ogoertzen at gmail.com>>
> > Subject: [kwlug-disc] FreeDOS
> > To: "KWLUG discussion" <kwlug-disc at kwlug.org
> <mailto:kwlug-disc at kwlug.org>>
> > Received: Thursday, May 28, 2009, 10:16 PM
> > Hello Everyone,
> >
> > I have in my possession an old PIII Toshiba Tablet. It
> > has no cd rom in it
> > and it doesn't boot from USB. I need to reinstall
> > Windows on it. I'm
> > thinking of taking the hard drive out, partitioning it with
> > Linux, making one
> >
> > partition bootable, loading FreeDOS on that partition and
> > putting the
> > install files for the XP Tablet edition on there and
> > setting it up again.
> > Has anyone attempted anything like this? Does this sound
> > like it might
> >
> > work? It also supports PXE boot (something I've never
> > worked with,
> > but will be soon - however I want to set it up before
> > then). :)
> >
> > Thanks, Oksana
> >
> >
> >
> >
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