Other options: USB attached drive, optical or other PXE boot Not sure about windows and pxe but most systems these days will support usb attached boot sources be it hdd, optical, flash, floppy, etc -----Original Message----- From: Ryan Coleman <ryanjcole at me.com> Sender: tclug-list-bounces at mn-linux.org Date: Wed, 16 Nov 2011 10:27:45 To: TCLUG Mailing List<tclug-list at mn-linux.org> Reply-To: TCLUG Mailing List <tclug-list at mn-linux.org> Subject: Re: [tclug-list] Acer Aspire ONE *was* only $250 at Costco The newest versions of 7 (download) support USB booting, supposedly, and 8 probably will only be USB. On Nov 16, 2011, at 10:18 AM, Jason Hsu wrote: > On Tue, 15 Nov 2011 14:35:55 -0600 > Mike Miller <mbmiller+l at gmail.com> wrote: > >> The one at Costco has the AMD Dual-Core C-60 1.0GHz, or so says their >> web page. It looks like I'll be able to pick one up tomorrow. It has >> no DVD/CD drive, but I'm planning to use it as a DVD player for my >> daughter by mounting ISOs stored on the HDD or USB drives. >> > How do you install an OS without an optical drive? While I have installed used USB drives, I don't think Windows comes on USB drives. I remember that Windows 98 and XP came on CDs (95 had floppies), and I think Vista and 7 use DVDs. > > -- > Jason Hsu <jhsu802701 at jasonhsu.com> > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota tclug-list at mn-linux.org http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list