[MLUG] installing Ubuntu without a CD/DVD drive

[Jeremy]

Stefan Monnier wrote:
>> I have a computer without a CD/DVD running a small home server.
>>     
>
> For what it's worth, I haven't installed GNU/Linux from a CDROM for
> a long time now.  Instead I do one of the following:
> - boot from my USB-Live flash key, then install on the local drive via
>   c?debootstrap.
> - copy an existing GNU/Linux install from some other machine (usually
>   via my USB-Live flash key as well).
> - open up Firefox, go to http://goodbye-microsoft.com/, and click to install.
>
>
>         Stefan
Another trick I have used is boot Knoppix in a VM, open the knoppix 
netboot utility and start it, then boot the target machine over the 
network, and do a debootstrap. I like this just for its hackery really 
:) However, I have used it on machines that could not boot from USB.

Jeremy