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In my post yesterday titled OpenSUSE 10.3 and Microsoft PPTP VPN I noted I installed OpenSUSE 10.3 on my desktop computer in a dual-boot configuration with Windows XP. What I didn't mention is that I tend to do these projects late at night (what geek doesn't?) and I unfortunately found out I was not only out of blank DVDs, but blank CDs as well. After trying unsuccessfully for several hours to make various install images work off my USB key, I decided to heck with it and I'd just configure a PXE server on my laptop and PXE boot my desktop with a Linux install image.

 

It was while searching for the OpenSUSE 10.3 PXE boot image that I cam across this gem, Unetbootin (You Net Boot Install?). You run this program from within Windows and it adds an entry to your Windows boot menu which allows you to perform an Internet installation of Ubuntu, OpenSUSE, Debian, Fedora, Mandriva, or Arch Linux.

 

Check it out, good stuff.