I understand it does not have a CD/DVD.
It is designed to use an external DVD.

Can it boot from the external CD/DVD.

I am sure we could find one for you to use if it can.

Harold

On Mon, 2008-04-28 at 14:30 -0700, Michael March wrote:
> Where did you buy your KPC?  I have heard the fan is loud, it that
> true?
> 
>         
>         
>         I bought a KPC and want to convert it to Ubuntu.
>         
>         It doesn't have a CD/DVD drive.
>         
>         I tried getting it to boot from a USB thumb drive and from a
>         CDROM
>         connected via USB, but those methods both failed.
>         
>         I also tried installing via lubi, but lubi depends on
>         QT :( and Foresight
>         doesn't appear to have QT.
>         
>         Anybody else have a KPC? Did I not notice some simple BIOS
>         option?
>         
>         I'm going to investigate the USB stuff again when I get time,
>         but I
>         thought I'd see if anyone had been successful in re-installing
>         a KPC.
>         
>         The thumb drive that came with the KPC has an installer and
>         ISO image on
>         it, but it's Foresight and I specifically bought this system
>         for Ubuntu.
>         
>         I do hope to pull up the original install in a VM, so I can
>         play with
>         Foresight.
>         
>         ciao,
> 
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