re-installing shuttle

[koder]

Will it boot from an/the external DVD?


On Mon, 2008-04-28 at 13:40 -0700, der.hans wrote:
> moin moin,
> 
> 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,
> 
> der.hans