Installing ubuntu on a laptop without . .

Install grub from within Windows and add a menu entry to grub to boot a CD:
title=SBM-Boot a CD
kernel /sbm/memdisk
initrd /sbm/sbm.bin

I don't remember where I got the files from, so if you can't find them, PM me.
 
andres101 said:
Install grub from within Windows and add a menu entry to grub to boot a CD:
title=SBM-Boot a CD
kernel /sbm/memdisk
initrd /sbm/sbm.bin

I don't remember where I got the files from, so if you can't find them, PM me.
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Can this be adapted to boot from a USB device?
 
yes, it looks like it is possible.

Is the windows partition NTFS or FAT? I've remember having trouble getting grub to read files from my NTFS drive, but eventually got it working. Unfortunately I don't remember how, but I think it was just a matter of updating to the latest version.

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From the above link:
You don't have to make an ext3 partition, but you need to use a partition type that grub can read, which is pretty much everything except NTFS. I.e. if your disk has a FAT32 partition already, you can copy vmlinuz and initrd there instead of making a new partition.

In the case you only have an NTFS partition, there's still one solution: Install "GRUB for DOS" (grubldr.exe) on the NTFS partition. See https://gna.org/projects/grub4dos/ for more information. Note that the WUBI installer uses this method to boot a Ubuntu system completely contained on a Windows partition.
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cbrunsdonza said:
LOL ... at work we nuke the drives on new laptops to give them added value. Vista lover I presume :sick:
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Linux fanboi I presume, rather thick one too seeing you're paying for laptops with a windows licence and then wiping it. R1000+ loss in value.
 
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Oops you caught me editing.. wasn't going to let some little snotnose get away with it
 
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