On Thursday 18 December 2008 15:20:15 Steve Jeppesen wrote:
On Thu, 18 Dec 2008 16:28:25 -0500
Richard
wrote: Here's the rub, his machine has NO DVD or CD.
Are you saying that his computer cannot accept a CD or DVD as well? If the computer can house a DVD player/burner, why not install one?
I believe he said that this otherwise desirable motherboard has a fried IDE controller. Presumably no available SATA port, either, or they probably would already have done that. +1 on the USB drive suggestion, if that's viable. Sounds like the way to go. Even if he has to suffer through a painfully slow installation, he could do all updates and installations online thereafter. And maybe use the USB drive for backups later on. Nice ones are available for right around $100 from places like newegg.com. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org