Hi again, On Wed, Jun 26, 2013 at 1:39 PM, kurt godel <wb2...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I am not trying to install linux in windows/dos; puppy linux does that > exquisiitley.
EDIT: I've not used this particular piece of it, but the DOS "SHSUCD" package has SHSUDVHD which "emulates a DVD-ROM using multiple image files." > Imagine you have an old w98 install cd. You could install from the disk, but > it is more efficient to *copy* the files from the install cd to a folder in > dos, then, in the frolder, execute 'setup.exe'. This will install the '98 > much quicker. > In similar fashion, I wanted to reinstall w7 on a netbook, and only had > the external dvd drive. But this didn't work because of your PATA incompatibility?? > I installed xp on a small c: partition, > made a d: partition with ntfs; using flash drive, *copied* the install files > onto the xp on c:, and again executed the 'setup.exe'; > choosing the appropriate menu options from the w7 installer, the 7 installed > flawlessly onto the d: partition. Okay, so you successfully installed Win7 on a netbook. So everything's fine or you're still trying to accomplish something? Or just curious for a better way? > The last mint which fit on a cd was 12; Dunno, I know that a lot of projects use DVD images, but surely there are still CD versions out there. But maybe those distros don't work (well) for you. Can you not run a network (PXE??) install? > installed that and copied the > install files from 13 into a folder in 12, and here I am stumped, > since I can't see how to cause the install to begin executing from the linux > installer with it's isolinux,etc.. Don't even know if it.s possible; At risk of being really obvious, try asking the Mint people (IRC, forums, etc.) for help. Presumably they know better than we do. ;-) Maybe GRUB 2 (or similar tool) has support for directly accessing PATA, dunno. > by the way I tried to boot the iso of 13 using grub4dos, and the g4d couln't > even see the iso. Couldn't read or couldn't mount? Well, I can't remember (and am not even close to knowledgeable nor experienced with that tool, very very arcane and confusing), but it probably has something to do with the BIOS not recognizing (or not using) certain drives. At some point the bootstrapping is overwritten in RAM by the intended guest OS and thus stops using any BIOS functions, as is Linux's preference to avoid it. I don't remember the details exactly, but I think?? it's something vaguely like that. I vaguely remember thinking "oh, I can just use GRUB4DOS to boot xyz and do abc" when it wasn't possible. IIRC, there used to be some kernel magic parameter that would let you boot an .ISO installed on your ext2 partition from within Linux. I tried it once on something, it worked okay, but I forget the details. (Sorry if that's not very helpful, just saying.) There's probably a way to do what you want here, but I don't know what it is. For sure, I've seen Windows machines update their BIOS from within Windows, so surely installing an OS from within another OS is far from impossible (assuming enough permissions). But you may have to find someone (preferably from Mint) who is more experienced (or start using Gentoo or read Linux From Scratch or similar, heh, probably not ideal). ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF.net email is sponsored by Windows: Build for Windows Store. http://p.sf.net/sfu/windows-dev2dev _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
