<!DOCTYPE html><html><head><title></title><style type="text/css">p.MsoNormal,p.MsoNoSpacing{margin:0}</style></head><body><div style="font-family:Arial;">Download an image for installing over network from whatever distro you want to use. Then burn it to cd and install on computer and it will run and connect to the the distro site and will start to install the files.</div><div style="font-family:Arial;"><br></div><div>On Sun, Aug 4, 2019, at 15:31, Snyder, Alexander J wrote:<br></div><blockquote type="cite" id="qt"><div style="font-family:Arial;">I've never installed _anything_ over the network.<br></div><div style="font-family:Arial;"><br></div><div style="font-family:Arial;">Can you give me a solid tutorial to follow?<br></div><div style="font-family:Arial;"><br></div><div style="font-family:Arial;">On Sun, Aug 4, 2019 at 11:44 AM Harold Hartley <wheelie207@ownmail.net> wrote:<br></div><div style="font-family:Arial;">> __<br></div><div style="font-family:Arial;">> It won’t recognize the usb ssd unless you upgrade the bios.<br></div><div style="font-family:Arial;">> <br></div><div style="font-family:Arial;">> On Sun, Aug 4, 2019, at 11:41, Snyder, Alexander J wrote:<br></div><div style="font-family:Arial;">>> The internal drive is recognized by the BIOS, but fails to spin up.<br></div><div style="font-family:Arial;">>> <br></div><div style="font-family:Arial;">>> The Laptop was built in 2009 by Puget Systems (https://www.pugetsystems.com/), so yes, the hardware is old, but I highly doubt it's "Too Old" for Linux. I found another USB SSD I bought the same time as the laptop, so I'm going to try and format that and see if it works as a bootable device.<br></div><div style="font-family:Arial;">>> <br></div><div style="font-family:Arial;">>> Trying to get CentOS 7 on it, but I'm flirting with the idea of trying Manjaro on it.<br></div><div style="font-family:Arial;">>> <br></div><div style="font-family:Arial;">>> On Sun, Aug 4, 2019, 10:50 Matthew Gibson <guanjun.de.geliqian@gmail.com> wrote:<br></div><div style="font-family:Arial;">>> > Does it have the ability to boot from network? Didn't you say that the laptop has an internal DVD/CD drive? Could your install media need to be locked in some way after the burn is complete? Is the ISO too new to work with old hard ware?<br></div><div style="font-family:Arial;">>> > <br></div><div style="font-family:Arial;">>> > These are a few of my thoughts. I'll see if I can find my own drives to burn a disc for you. <br></div><div style="font-family:Arial;">>> > <br></div><div style="font-family:Arial;">>> > On Sun, Aug 4, 2019, 8:57 AM Snyder, Alexander J <alexander@snyderfamily.co> wrote:<br></div><div style="font-family:Arial;">>> >> I wasn't able to go to Installfest, we had guests.<br></div><div style="font-family:Arial;">>> >> <br></div><div style="font-family:Arial;">>> >> After they left, I went hunting in the garage and found an old DVD-R (USB). I went to Best Buyand got a few blank DVDs. So, it won't read from a 2019 USB-SSD, but it'll boot from a ~2015 USB-DVD drive?<br></div><div style="font-family:Arial;">>> >> <br></div><div style="font-family:Arial;">>> >> I can get into the CentOS 7 setup but it fails to verify the media, and refuses to continue. When I skip verify, it still fails by saying the media is not fit for install.<br></div><div style="font-family:Arial;">>> >> <br></div><div style="font-family:Arial;">>> >> So now I'm really confused.<br></div><div style="font-family:Arial;">>> >> <br></div><div style="font-family:Arial;">>> >> Thanks, <br></div><div style="font-family:Arial;">>> >> Alexander<br></div><div style="font-family:Arial;">>> >> <br></div><div style="font-family:Arial;">>> >> Sent from my Galaxy S10+<br></div><div style="font-family:Arial;">>> >> <br></div><div style="font-family:Arial;">>> >> On Sun, Aug 4, 2019, 08:43 Matt Graham <mhgraham@crow202.org> wrote:<br></div><div style="font-family:Arial;">>> >>> On 2019-08-03 10:49, Snyder, Alexander J wrote:<br></div><div style="font-family:Arial;">>> >>> > Does anyone have a bootable Linux CD?<br></div><div style="font-family:Arial;">>> >>> > I don't have a burner, or discs. So I'm asking for help!<br></div><div style="font-family:Arial;">>> >>> > Can someone burn CentOS7 minimal for me?<br></div><div style="font-family:Arial;">>> >>> <br></div><div style="font-family:Arial;">>> >>> Did you get a CD from Installfest? If not, I have a DVD+-RW and a CD-R <br></div><div style="font-family:Arial;">>> >>> blank somewhere around here. Reply with your snail-mail address if you <br></div><div style="font-family:Arial;">>> >>> still need help.<br></div><div style="font-family:Arial;">>> >>> <br></div><div style="font-family:Arial;">>> >>> -- <br></div><div style="font-family:Arial;">>> >>> Crow202 Blog: http://crow202.org/wordpress<br></div><div style="font-family:Arial;">>> >>> There is no Darkness in Eternity<br></div><div style="font-family:Arial;">>> >>> But only Light too dim for us to see.<br></div><div style="font-family:Arial;">>> >>> ---------------------------------------------------<br></div><div style="font-family:Arial;">>> >>> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org<br></div><div style="font-family:Arial;">>> >>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings:<br></div><div style="font-family:Arial;">>> >>> https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss<br></div><div style="font-family:Arial;">>> >> ---------------------------------------------------<br></div><div style="font-family:Arial;">>> >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org<br></div><div style="font-family:Arial;">>> >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings:<br></div><div style="font-family:Arial;">>> >> https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss<br></div><div style="font-family:Arial;">>> > ---------------------------------------------------<br></div><div style="font-family:Arial;">>> > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org<br></div><div style="font-family:Arial;">>> > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings:<br></div><div style="font-family:Arial;">>> > https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss<br></div><div style="font-family:Arial;">>> ---------------------------------------------------<br></div><div style="font-family:Arial;">>> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org<br></div><div style="font-family:Arial;">>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings:<br></div><div style="font-family:Arial;">>> https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss<br></div><div style="font-family:Arial;">> <br></div><div style="font-family:Arial;">> --<br></div><div style="font-family:Arial;">> Harold Hartley<br></div><div style="font-family:Arial;">> 17632 N. 5th place<br></div><div style="font-family:Arial;">> Phoenix, AZ 85022<br></div><div style="font-family:Arial;">> wheelie207@ownmail.net<br></div><div style="font-family:Arial;">> <br></div><div style="font-family:Arial;">> ---------------------------------------------------<br></div><div style="font-family:Arial;">> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org<br></div><div style="font-family:Arial;">> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings:<br></div><div style="font-family:Arial;">> https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss<br></div><div style="font-family:Arial;">---------------------------------------------------<br></div><div style="font-family:Arial;">PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org<br></div><div style="font-family:Arial;">To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings:<br></div><div style="font-family:Arial;">https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss<br></div></blockquote><div style="font-family:Arial;"><br></div><div id="sig4468849"><div class="signature">--<br></div><div class="signature"> Harold Hartley<br></div><div class="signature"> 17632 N. 5th place<br></div><div class="signature"> Phoenix, AZ 85022<br></div><div class="signature"> wheelie207@ownmail.net<br></div><div class="signature"><br></div></div><div style="font-family:Arial;"><br></div></body></html>