Marcus

I looked at Wubi earlier. I got the impression it would install Ubuntu just like any other Windows app a bit like virtualisation rather than a seperate bootable linux on a seperate partition.

I will give it another look.

Simon

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Date: Thu, 5 Aug 2010 13:57:21 +0100 Subject: Re: [ALUG] Installing Linux Without CD/USB From: runlevelten@gmail.com To: simonroyal@live.co.uk

Hi Simon,

Try Wubi. http://wubi-installer.org/

I recently used this in similar circumstances and it went fine. - You can download the iso to the machine and use that without burning it to a CD, then run the installer from your windows desktop.

Another thing you can do is a manual frugal install of puppy by copying some files into a directory on the windows root - which isn't perfect but results in a distro that may be appropriate for your hardware, and really quite snappy. Instructions on their website (somewhere I don't have bookmarked) - a search for "manual frugal install" should do it.

Good luck!