Quoting Chris Higgins (chris.higgins at darach.ie):
> [0] how you do that if you don't have network or cdrom access is the
> challenging bit
On some antique laptops, the least-bother way around that problem is to
extract the HD, temporarily connect it to a desktop box, perform
installation, and move the HD back. (You'll often need to re-do the
bootloader.)
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