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Installation issues / Re: Installation witout built-in DVD and floppy drive.....

« on: October 31, 2008, 10:51:55 pm »

Thanks for your latest reply's guys 

I will certainly try the options mentioned this weekend. I will let you all know how things have worked out later.

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Installation issues / Re: Installation witout built-in DVD and floppy drive.....

« on: October 29, 2008, 09:06:36 pm »

Guys, if you want to try to help someone with a reply, please read the previous comments before writing something......

I can't connect a normal IDE or Sata drive to this computer, it's a Dell optiplex sx260 which needs a special dvd drive comparable with a laptop. So no standard IDE or SATA ports are available on the motherbord.

So only option I have is this: Make a bootable Linux USB stick with kubuntu 0710 or any useable distribution. My question is how???
Then, if I can boot from USB stick, how do I install the LinuxMCE Cd's? or DVD? with the command line option...

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Installation issues / Re: Installation witout built-in DVD and floppy drive.....

« on: October 27, 2008, 06:44:08 pm »

I have tried all options in the bios, but it just won't boot from a external USB DVD drive. It does not have anything to do with the linuxMCE disc, also WinXP discs or vista won't boot.

So nobody of the real computer geeks have a solution for me?? I just need to know how to make a bootable Linux usb stick which recognizes the DVD drive, and install linuxMCE with the correct command line from the terminal window(which I also need to know)

I allready tried many things, so I'm not wine-ing without allready trying every option in my book.....   

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Installation issues / Re: Installation witout built-in DVD and floppy drive.....

« on: October 26, 2008, 09:23:41 pm »

Well that's the problem.....

These optiplex machines need special "laptop" like drives. You can't just hook in a normal DVD drive, otherwise I had done this in the first place.... Also I have searched allready for a drive, but the only ones I could find need to be ordered in china. This would take way to long and I don't want to spend the money. I have a perfectly nice external USB DVD LG drive, which would be useable when linuxMCE installed.
Only real problem is that I can't boot from it to install it.....   

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Installation issues / Installation witout built-in DVD and floppy drive.....

« on: October 26, 2008, 09:12:33 pm »

Hello Guys,

I am stuck with a little problem 

I received 5 dell optiplex computers F.o.c. and want to experiment a little bit with these baby's. The problem I have is that there are no dvd or floppydrives built in these machines. The thing that makes it even more complicated is that there is no option in the bios too boot from an USB DVD drive. The only thing I can boot from is a flashdrive. I have an external LG DVD drive but it is not detected by the bios.

I would highly apreciate if someone could tell me how to install LinuxMCE on these machines....

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Users / USB-to-serial cable won't work

« on: January 03, 2008, 12:36:53 am »

Hi,

I'm trying to connect my receiver and TV through a USB-to-Serial cable, but it won't work. I have a MediaLive motherboard now without RS232 ports on it. On the old LinuxMCE system when I connected the TV to serial port LinuxMCE would immediatly recognise the connected device. But now with the USB-to-Serial cable it won't do anything. I have checked if Kubuntu installed the device and it is installed under ttyUSB0, so it should be working fine.

How can I see or change the Com port settings for this device so it will work with the connected devices?