[BNM] Toshiba Portege 2000 install?

[Barry Bloye]

On 18/05/07, Andrew Mann wrote:
> I have a Portege 2000 which the hard drive fails during XP boot
> sequence. I want to put Ubuntu on it.
>
> The problem is that it has no CD or floppy drive, any ideas how I can
> reformat the hard drive and get the OS loaded?

Hmm, it might well be possible using a USB flash drive, and probably
via Ethernet, although that's beyond the realms of my knowledge. It
might be worth the saving in time and frustration just to buy an
external CD drive!