Christopher, that is a good question. The official documentation describes clearly that an optical media drive of some sort is needed (http://download.lenovo.com/ibmdl/pub/pc/pccbbs/mobiles/g4uj17uc.txt). Perhaps that is the exact truth, or perhaps it is just something that is very nearly true, but the average Windows user will not have a 'dd' near to hand to try. (They also do not mention "hybrid images", as our Ubuntu images are.)
The annoying thing is I presume it just boots Linux to get the job done anyway, because it's free and Just Works.
I also don't have any USB sticks I trust at this point -- the last time I needed one to install Ubuntu, none worked.
Christopher, that is a good question. The official documentation describes clearly that an optical media drive of some sort is needed (http:// download. lenovo. com/ibmdl/ pub/pc/ pccbbs/ mobiles/ g4uj17uc. txt). Perhaps that is the exact truth, or perhaps it is just something that is very nearly true, but the average Windows user will not have a 'dd' near to hand to try. (They also do not mention "hybrid images", as our Ubuntu images are.)
The annoying thing is I presume it just boots Linux to get the job done anyway, because it's free and Just Works.
I also don't have any USB sticks I trust at this point -- the last time I needed one to install Ubuntu, none worked.
Either way it's a shopping trip.
Thanks :)