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iblicf

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Registered: 2007-11-17

Posts: 13

need help , install another distro without CD ...

im trying to install ubuntu hardy alfa5 and downoad the ISO file  , my arch linux in /dev/sda3 , wanna  to intall without CD neither windows

/dev/sda1  winxp
/dev/sda2  intend to install ubuntu hardy
/dev/sda3  arch

first i use the way ( google somewhere ) ...
copy initrd.gz /vmlinuz/ hardy-desktop-i386.iso to /boot
and make the menu.lst like below : ( initrd.gz vmlinuz copy from iso casper folder )

title Install without CD
root (hd0,2)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz vga=normal ramdisk_size=14972 root=/dev/rd/0 rw --
initrd /boot/initrd.gz
boot

but , it  stopped  ... ( after some hardware checking ) and  can not change the virtual console within the install process , i google somebody use this in windows/grub4dos way :

title Install without CD2
#find --set-root /boot/hardy-desktop-i386.iso
root (hd0,2)
kernel  /boot/vmlinuz boot=casper find_iso=/boot/hardy-desktop-i386.iso
initrd  /boot/initrd.gz

now , it make progress a little more ^^
stopped at  [initramfs~] , like a shell environment ...

then ,  i don't know what should i do next
need help thanks .

Last edited by iblicf (2008-02-24 05:24:25)