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I bought a cheap laptop off gumtree. Unfortunately it does not come with dvd so I cannot install 15.1 or 14.04 on it. I do have old linux 11.2 I think but there is no way that I can see to upgrade it to work. I even bought external dvd but bios on this machine is so ascent that you cannot boot from external dvd or usb... i tried to update bios no files available. computer manufacturer went bust 6 years ago. im new to ubuntu help pls

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    Which manufacturer and model is the laptop, and have you tried a bootable USB?
    – Wilf
    Jul 22, 2015 at 15:59
  • Iqon 8050q I think and yes , but that wont work as after you reset the laptop you can only choose : floppy (that this laptop dont have.. lan , hdd and cd- linux 14.4 wont fit on cd right?) Jul 22, 2015 at 19:46
  • Even though it says CD, the DVD should work depending on the disk driver. If not, you can use a Minimal CD
    – Wilf
    Jul 22, 2015 at 21:14
  • Sorry just realised you posted hyperlink. Let me give it a go tomorrow, which one is better kde or,gnome then if I have to chose one myself Jul 22, 2015 at 23:49
  • when iv tried minimal cd.. laptop beeped then shown me an options and whichever i choose all that happens is that on the top of the screen with black squares (still the same loading menu just with black squares and nothing happens... please see link link Jul 23, 2015 at 11:58

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This might be of some help to you if you have a floppy drive.

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  • it would if I had floppy... if I burn that on cd would that help? besically I have to roms: Laptop has built in cdrom (it claims to be dvd but i TRIED both formats and it did not boot) and I have external liteon dvd rewriter with every possible dvd read mode. would that help? also is there a way to upgrade it without booting him up again? i see there was posibility of upgrading to 11.4 but thats gone now (404 unable to find page)/ check your internet connection, each time i try. Jul 22, 2015 at 19:48
  • I see no reason why a live CD wouldn't work either. That should be worth a shot.
    – shredalert
    Jul 22, 2015 at 21:42
  • Just to clarify (I did say I am a newbie :), by live cd are you referring to minimal install or to those files in this article or is there live cd somewhere with version 14.01? Jul 22, 2015 at 22:26
  • I am pretty new to linux as well. I would recommend looking at software that would allow you to mount the Ubuntu 14.0x on CDs.
    – shredalert
    Jul 23, 2015 at 0:29
  • any idea which? Jul 23, 2015 at 12:00

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