On Monday 13 September 2004 08:31 am, othman El Moulat wrote:
| Hi guys;
| i'm willing to upgrade to mdk 10 ...I have downloaded all the distro into a
| windows folder : c:\Linux10\ now i want to be able to install mdk 10 into
| my system...I guess i need first to create a boot floppy which i hope is
| quit a straighforward task...The issue here is how can i configure this
| boot floppy so that it could install from my windows folder :c\Linux10\...?
| is there any other simpler method to install without a boot floppy ? from
| my windows folder ? details would be very welcomed...
|
| thanks for helping
From the readme on the install disk:
If your computer cannot boot from the CDROM, you must make a
boot floppy under Windows as follows:
* insert the CDROM, then open the icon "My Computer", right click on
the CDROM drive icon and select "Open"
* go into the "dosutils" directory and double-click on the
"rawwritewin" icon
* insert a blank floppy in the floppy drive
* select "D:\images\cdrom.img" in the "Image File" field (assuming
that your CDROM drive is "D:", otherwise replace "D:" as needed)
* select "A:" in the "Floppy Drive" field then click on "Write".
To begin the installation:
* insert the CDROM in the drive, as well as the boot floppy, then
* restart the computer.
How I do it:
Make a partition on you hd big enough for the disks and copy your Mandrake
disks to that. I wouldn't use my Windows partition if Linux is already
installed (this is an upgrade, right?), because you may have to re-install
Windows sometime in the future, and that is inconvenient, but I would make a
separate partition just for the disks. I usually make a Reiser of about 2.5
gigs and mount the partition (mine is /dev/hda8 with the mountpoint of
/dev/hd). Then you can follow the instructions for a hd install and make a
hd.img floppy (I think they are still on the first install disk).
to make a hd.img boot floppy:
* Under Linux (or other modern UNIX systems) type at prompt:
$ dd if=hd.img of=/dev/fd0
* Under Windows, follow the method described above, but using
hd.img instead of cdrom.img.
* Under DOS, assuming your CD is drive D:, type:
D:\> dosutils\rawrite.exe -f images\hd.img -d A
During the install you will have a chance to choose to upgrade. Be
forewarned--some upgrades go fine, and some will totally screw your system,
so backup everything you want to keep, just in case you have to go back and
do a full install.
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