Installing an ISO (Such as DSL) with no usb/cd drive
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Distribution: Ubuntu on Toshiba Satallite A30; Xubuntu on Dell Optiplex (Both 7.04)
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Installing an ISO (Such as DSL) with no usb/cd drive
Hi all.
I have searched the forums and google to no avail, (difficult considering the search terms)
I have an old pc which i managed to force simplyMepis on some time ago. SM is too much for it to use really, and I was hoping to get a smaller distro on there. I've looked and am keen to experiment with DSL.
The problem is I don't have a working CD Drive in the machine, nor access to a usb pen (nor a floppy for that matter!). I have the iso on my mepis box but what can i do now to install it? (I'm expecting the answer to be nothing, but I can hope...)
If anyone knows of a method/any other distros I might try that I could install, I'd appreciate it.
Many thanks!
Mitch.
Last edited by spudtheimpaler; 02-27-2007 at 03:12 AM.
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You might be able to use the new GRUB2 (still, I think, "alpha," and only available in source) to boot from an ISO image. Here's a link to the project description. According to the current status WiKi, it does support ufs file systems, but it's not clear to me (and I haven't looked at the code) if it only supports ufs on a physical drive or if you can point it to an ISO image file.
Distribution: Ubuntu on Toshiba Satallite A30; Xubuntu on Dell Optiplex (Both 7.04)
Posts: 35
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Originally Posted by PTrenholme
You might be able to use the new GRUB2 (still, I think, "alpha," and only available in source) to boot from an ISO image. Here's a link to the project description. According to the current status WiKi, it does support ufs file systems, but it's not clear to me (and I haven't looked at the code) if it only supports ufs on a physical drive or if you can point it to an ISO image file.
Thank you - I will look into it tonight and get back to the forum if(/when!) successful.
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