Is there a way to install Zorin OS without bootable USB drive?

Installing Zorin OS
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I am on Zorin 16.3 and I would like to install Zorin 17. The problem is that I have no removable media on which I could burn the Zorin 17 image

There is a way to install Zorin 17 without a USB stick ?

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You can wait some days when Zorin 17 will be available to update in Zorin Upgrader.

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Okay thank you
And on another Windows PC is there a way ?

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You will need a USB stick, a external SSD or a DVD drive.

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If you have a DVD drive (portable or mounted), you can burn the .iso to disk.

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All right, thanks for your response

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There's a way to install through the local network but it's a bit more involved that I expected. It involves setting up a TFTP server and place files on specific locations. Even then, it may not work with all BIOS/UEFI systems so you'll have to look into this specifically. For more details I suggest reading through these, but note that while ZorinOS is based on Ubuntu there's no guarantee this will work:

https://www.debian.org/releases/stable/amd64/ch04s05.en.html

I'm tempted to try this so I'll let you know if I do and how it turns out. Please do the same if you have any findings to share, this could be very helpful to include in the Unofficial Manual.

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You need some sort of bootable drive, but the kind of drive almost doesn't matter

For instance, with a rooted Android device and isodrive you can use your phone as a bootable drive :person_shrugging:

(isodrive, for reference, is here: GitHub - nitanmarcel/isodrive-magisk: Use your android device to boot Linux distributions/ISO files on your PC)

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Thank you very much for your very interesting response. I will try to read and I will share the news with you

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Thank you very much for your response, I will try to see

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I've noticed a few questions lately asking about this so I did a little research and found a way to run this. I wrote a little guide that you might find useful:

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