Net install Ubuntu from XP commandline?

I'm in Windows XP commandline (terminal) and I'm the administrator. The computer is connected to internet.





How do I issue just a handful of commands (must all in commandline. No clicking here and there business) to start download all necessary files and start installing Ubuntu with the intent to have Ubuntu take over the PC from here on?





Thanks.



You need some external media, like a bootable USB stick or CD. Otherwise, as it starts to install, it has to blow away the hard drive to make Linux partitions, and you would lose your install files. The install would fail at that point.


A Live CD is the easiest way to do it.