[PLUG] Laptop issues

[Denis Heidtmann]

On Thu, Dec 16, 2010 at 12:05 AM, Russell Senior
<russell at personaltelco.net>wrote:

> >>>>> "John" == John Jason Jordan <johnxj at comcast.net> writes:
>
> John> Does the laptop have a USB port? If so it's probably 1.1, but
> John> will still work with more modern USB devices, just more
> John> slowly. So you could possibly scare up a USB CD drive.
>
> It has usb2.  The CPU is a 2.4GHz P4.  It's not *that* old.
>
> John> Or do you need to boot to the CD drive? If the laptop is as old
> John> as it sounds, the BIOS probably doesn't offer the option of
> John> booting to a USB drive, even if it's really a CD.
>
> That's possible.  I suggested trying that route also, but Denis is
> lacking the thumbdrive facilities.  That's probably the cheapest route
> at the moment.  Use /bin/dd to copy the Win98 install CD to a
> harddisk, and then build a bootable USB drive from that image.  Ubuntu
> calls it the "Startup Disk Creator".
>
> John> Maybe I didn't read carefully enough. What do you need the CD
> John> drive for?
>
> To install windows 98, the most recent OS with drivers for the
> scanner.
>
>
> --
> Russell Senior, President
> russell at personaltelco.net


I will have filled the thumbdrive lack by this afternoon.  I will then try
the route you describe.  If I am sucessful, I will be on my way!

Thanks,
-Denis