Re: New OS with no Floppy or CD-ROM
- From: zwsdotcom@xxxxxxxxx
- Date: 3 Mar 2006 05:01:51 -0800
nick wrote:
To install other software on it, I've used a USB CD-ROM, but this is
not an option for installing another OS because I cannot boot to the
USB. I've tried using the external USB CD-ROM and also a jump drive,
If the machine is old enough not to boot from USB devices, your only
options are:
1. Put the drive in another machine. You _may_ wind up with translation
issues making the drive unbootable when you move it back.
2. Acquire the proprietary CD-ROM or floppy drive for the machine.
3. Get really creative with cabling in such a way that you connect the
HDD and a CD-ROM drive to the computer simultaneously. (In short - get
a 44-pin 2mm pitch cable with three connectors on it, connect one end
to the laptop, the hard drive to the middle, and the other end to a
44/2mm->40/100mil adapter. Connect the CD-ROM to the adapter). This
might or might not work depending on the machine's BIOS.
.
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