Re: [Cooker] ISO on hd
> Did it help what I wrote? hd.img worked fine, although it would only install from the install CD's ISO and not from the extension CD's ISO, so I didn't get all the stuff installed. > I responded to your post only because I saw it in a reply to your mail. > Your mail has not yet gotten here from the list. But obviously, some have > gotten it. But I did not. Did this make more sense to you? That makes sense. JJ
Re: [Cooker] ISO on hd
Ummm... Why is it, that if you don't specify the ISO name on the first ISO mount attempt it looks for ReiserFS on all subsequent attempts? I'm talking about with hd.img. JJ
Re: [Cooker] ISO on hd
Guillaume Cottenceau wrote: > guran remberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > [...] > > > Thus an iso image is just an image on top of whatever. As certain > > distributions only make iso images public, meaning I can't use an hd.img > > installation, as with Mandrake. So I want to install from a hd - iso > > That's not true, we provide an ISO image for convenience, but you can use > some other means of install such as "hd.img" to install directly from the > ISO image, or "hd.img" to install from a tree on your harddrive. > > -- > Guillaume Cottenceau -- Distribution Developer for MandrakeSoft > http://us.mandrakesoft.com/~gc/ Forgive me, that is my bad english, I meant ' as I can with Mandrake' regards guran
Re: [Cooker] ISO on hd
guran remberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: [...] > Thus an iso image is just an image on top of whatever. As certain > distributions only make iso images public, meaning I can't use an hd.img > installation, as with Mandrake. So I want to install from a hd - iso That's not true, we provide an ISO image for convenience, but you can use some other means of install such as "hd.img" to install directly from the ISO image, or "hd.img" to install from a tree on your harddrive. -- Guillaume Cottenceau -- Distribution Developer for MandrakeSoft http://us.mandrakesoft.com/~gc/
Re: [Cooker] ISO on hd
So sprach Joshua Jackson am Tue, Oct 17, 2000 at 03:28:40AM -0500: > Yes, that's exactly what I was asking, 'cuz I don't have a burner. I > have to swing my hard drive to a friends to burn. Did it help what I wrote? > Why do you mean, not get here? I responded to your post only because I saw it in a reply to your mail. Your mail has not yet gotten here from the list. But obviously, some have gotten it. But I did not. Did this make more sense to you? Alexander Skwar -- begin des Endes der Nachricht Homepage: http://www.digitalprojects.com | http://www.dp.ath.cx Sichere Mail? Mail an [EMAIL PROTECTED] fuer GnuPG Keys ICQ:7328191
Re: [Cooker] ISO on hd
Alexander Skwar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: [...] > > > Can you install/upgrade Mandrake via an ISO on the hard drive? Like reboot > > Yes. I think when you use the hd.img or cdrom.img (can't remember), you can > specify that you want to install from an ISO image. Yes, from hd.img that works. -- Guillaume Cottenceau -- Distribution Developer for MandrakeSoft http://us.mandrakesoft.com/~gc/
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> Yes. I think when you use the hd.img or cdrom.img (can't remember), you can > specify that you want to install from an ISO image. > > No, you don't. All you need is this floppy-disk image and the ISO, that's > all. That is, if I understood you correctly. > > How I understood you was, that you have the Mandrake ISO on hard drive and > want to install it without burning it to a CD. True? Yes, that's exactly what I was asking, 'cuz I don't have a burner. I have to swing my hard drive to a friends to burn. > PS: Why did the message from Joshua not get here? Strange... Why do you mean, not get here? JJ
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So sprach guran remberg am Mon, Oct 16, 2000 at 06:54:18PM +: > Thus an iso image is just an image on top of whatever. As certain > distributions only make iso images public, meaning I can't use an hd.img > installation, as with Mandrake. So I want to install from a hd - iso > image. That's what you mean. Well, I don't suppose it is possible to do it that way. To install a new distrbution (! Mandrake), you certainly have to boot your machine, and when you're booting, you'll of course unmount everything. Especially your loop devices. If the thing you're trying to install cannot be installed from a running Linux, ie. it has to be booted, and when that thing cannot be installed from a set of files on some hard drive, you're out of luck. If it can do the latter, you can mount like instructed, copy everything in some easily remembered place, and do the install from there. If the first case is true, you may as well install from that mentioned mount point. I hope I could give you some insight. Alexander Skwar -- begin des Endes der Nachricht Homepage: http://www.digitalprojects.com | http://www.dp.ath.cx Sichere Mail? Mail an [EMAIL PROTECTED] fuer GnuPG Keys ICQ:7328191
Re: [Cooker] ISO on hd
So sprach guran remberg am Mon, Oct 16, 2000 at 10:09:35PM +: > Joshua Jackson wrote: > > > > Yes, that's a very good question... > > Can you install/upgrade Mandrake via an ISO on the hard drive? Like reboot Yes. I think when you use the hd.img or cdrom.img (can't remember), you can specify that you want to install from an ISO image. > > and have the ISO initialize during the bootup? Grant that you would have to > > already have Linux on the system, but like to reformat and install the No, you don't. All you need is this floppy-disk image and the ISO, that's all. That is, if I understood you correctly. How I understood you was, that you have the Mandrake ISO on hard drive and want to install it without burning it to a CD. True? PS: Why did the message from Joshua not get here? Strange... Alexander Skwar -- begin des Endes der Nachricht Homepage: http://www.digitalprojects.com | http://www.dp.ath.cx Sichere Mail? Mail an [EMAIL PROTECTED] fuer GnuPG Keys ICQ:7328191
Re: [Cooker] ISO on hd
Joshua Jackson wrote: > > Yes, that's a very good question... > Can you install/upgrade Mandrake via an ISO on the hard drive? Like reboot > and have the ISO initialize during the bootup? Grant that you would have to > already have Linux on the system, but like to reformat and install the > current RC. > JJ > At my post office is a IBM harddrive of 30GB, waiting to be picked up. I could really not see any use for that much, so I started to use my fantasie. I have a coyote firewall that runs within 12 MB of RAM. With a coming 256 MB of RAM, I could use a piece of it to run a small Linux. This Linux could then install, by running as a cdrom-filter, my ISO image onto a newly formatted partition. Well, that was my initial thought, but I have understood that I somtimes do day-dreaming. regards guran
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pgeorges wrote: > > guran remberg a écrit : > > > I am on my way to an upgrade so I have a question: > > > > Is it feasable to mount a hd partition, as a large ISO 9660 image? This > > could thus be used as cdrom, for me that don't have a cd-burner. I may > > then easily test any ISO image. > > > > If it is possible, where can I find out how? > > Do you mean > > mount -t iso9660 -o loop /.../odyssey-rc.iso /mnt/iso ? To be frank, I don't know what I mean, because then I should have it so structured that I could look for the correct commands. As I see it, Linux looks at data through filters, as from /dev. Thus an iso image is just an image on top of whatever. As certain distributions only make iso images public, meaning I can't use an hd.img installation, as with Mandrake. So I want to install from a hd - iso image. I will study the man pages concerning your script line, thanks. regards guran
Re: [Cooker] ISO on hd
guran remberg a écrit : > I am on my way to an upgrade so I have a question: > > Is it feasable to mount a hd partition, as a large ISO 9660 image? This > could thus be used as cdrom, for me that don't have a cd-burner. I may > then easily test any ISO image. > > If it is possible, where can I find out how? Do you mean mount -t iso9660 -o loop /.../odyssey-rc.iso /mnt/iso ?
[Cooker] ISO on hd
Hi I am on my way to an upgrade so I have a question: Is it feasable to mount a hd partition, as a large ISO 9660 image? This could thus be used as cdrom, for me that don't have a cd-burner. I may then easily test any ISO image. If it is possible, where can I find out how? regards guran
