[PLUG] Laptop issues

[John Jason Jordan]

On Thu, 16 Dec 2010 09:48:23 -0800
Denis Heidtmann <denis.heidtmann at gmail.com> dijo:

>On Thu, Dec 16, 2010 at 12:05 AM, Russell Senior
><russell at personaltelco.net>wrote:
>
>> ...
>> 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".
>>
>> --
>> Russell Senior, President
>> russell at personaltelco.net
>
>
>Russell,
>After I make a bootable USB drive, how do I get the Pavilion to boot
>from the USB?  The USB is not on the list of boot devices.  Do I need
>a floppy to start the process?

That there is no setting in the BIOS is not a good sign.

>But the first order of business is to become thumb-enabled.

Thumblessness is a handicap these days.