CD player broken: install from ISO on HD?

stabu · 07-28-2008, 06:30 AM

Hi,

I'd like to install a clean v12.1.

My CD player is acting up, it was quite a cheap one and I probably knocked it about at some stage.

But I have the v12.1 dvd iso on hardisk, so it should be possible to install it by mounting the iso (-o loop), copying over files onto a brand new partition, and then do some changes to fstab and grub.

Has anybody done it this way? Is it as simple as I'm imagining, or are there some gotchas/showstoppers?

Cheers!

{BBI}Nexus{BBI} · 07-28-2008, 08:06 AM

Maybe this will help: http://mandrivausers.org/index.php?showtopic=46444

onebuck · 07-28-2008, 10:37 AM

Hi,

'Slackware®12_Janux_NET_NoBurn_Install' would be a good reference.

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stabu · 07-28-2008, 11:03 AM

thank you both for your replies.

full credit to the original writers for putting it down, though I have to admit I might have to read them several times .. it's just sometimes I find comprehending instructions can sometimes be slower than just experimenting and fumbling towards the solution. So I don't know if I'm going to use them.

Thanks anyway!

jkzfixme · 07-28-2008, 12:11 PM

I use a usb key alot , Its always handy to keep a couple distros in my pocket

Regards
JKZfixme

{BBI}Nexus{BBI} · 07-28-2008, 01:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by stabu

thank you both for your replies.

full credit to the original writers for putting it down, though I have to admit I might have to read them several times .. it's just sometimes I find comprehending instructions can sometimes be slower than just experimenting and fumbling towards the solution. So I don't know if I'm going to use them.

Thanks anyway!

CDrom drives are soooo cheap nowadays it's probably easiest to just replace your duff one.