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09-19-2009, 12:31 PM
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Registered: Sep 2009
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using unetbootin you can install any linux onto your hard disk.but for some distros to work c drive must be FAT. Try puppy linux it might work.
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09-20-2009, 10:19 AM
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Registered: Aug 2009
Location: England
Distribution: Fedora 13
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I just got a new computer, ubuntu works fine on it, THIS TOPIC IS NOW SOLVED!
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09-21-2009, 10:14 PM
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Registered: Feb 2009
Location: I'm the rat in your couch.
Distribution: Fedora, Debian on ppc, Oblong Linux.
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Here is my stupid idea, if you have two built in hard disks, you can format a partition on it as fat16 and use unetbootin to make it bootable to install. Just uncheck the show only usb devices box in unetbootin. This is how I upgrade my ancient beast with no contact to the outside world but web.
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09-22-2009, 08:17 AM
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Location: England
Distribution: Fedora 13
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Thanks bendib, if I hadn't gotten this new computer that would probably be the easiest way, but I didn't have a 2nd hdd, anyways this topic is already solved
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