I'm trying to install Ubuntu directly from the iso image I downloaded, without burning it to a DVD or flashdrive, following instructions from this article (I have Windows 8.1 installed). This involves modifying windows' boot.ini file. The article is from 2007, however, and as far as I know Windows has changed from using boot.ini since Vista to Boot Configuration Data. I wonder if there is any way to make this still work? Thank you in advance.
By the way, I don't have a DVD-drive, and buying a flashdrive is a bit expensive for me now [insert broke college student joke here], so this is the only way I know of to get Ubuntu installed.