I just got an old 1997 Dell Dimension XPS Pro200n and I'm trying to figure out how to install an OS on it. Unfortunately, it does not have any USB's to boot from USB, and my previous experiences with booting over LAN were ineffective. So, I would like to try and install an ISO onto a local hard drive that I've plugged into my main computer, and then switch that hard drive over to the old machine and boot from it.
Is it possible to take an ISO (in this case, windows 2000, though, ideally, I'd like to do something like linux mint, or lubuntu) and install it locally on a hard drive, without booting from a live usb?
I'm currently running ubuntu 20.04 on my host machine.