pcmech.com — Sick of burning CDs of Linux distributions every time you want to try out a new one? Don?t worry, you can reuse your USB stick as many times as you like and burn bootable ISOs to it. Is there an easy way to do this? Yes.
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3242130193Sep 2, 2008
My computer fails criterion #3. :-(Maybe a BIOS upgrade, who knows.
bubba9999Sep 2, 2008
Version updates need installation. Think XP to Vista.Minor updates, bug fixes, security patches are handled similarly to the way Winders does it.
Closed AccountSep 2, 2008
Don't do it. It's against the stupid MS EULA, and the silly bastards will prosecute you if they ever find out.
diseaseSep 3, 2008
Thank you bubba.
newwatch51Sep 4, 2008
Actually, I think that only works in Windows 98 since that used FAT. WinXP uses NTFS, which I don't think GRUB supports.
lapubellSep 4, 2008
this is what i did to install when my laptop showed up at my house with a bogus optical drive.<a class="user" href="https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Installation/FromWindows">https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Installation/Fro ...</a>use the manual version.
lapubellSep 4, 2008
it's not. I've done both. they are almost identical.although my favorite install was recently done with the sidux graphical installer. super fast. about 6 minutes.