distro install hell

thetank · 11-19-2008, 11:09 PM

i have no cd or usb to install distro, is it possible to install while in an other distro?

{BBI}Nexus{BBI} · 11-19-2008, 11:14 PM

There are ways to install by either copying the required files to the harddrive or you could put the harddrive into another machine, do the install and place it back into the machine you removed it from. Do a search in this forum on using either method.

Quakeboy02 · 11-19-2008, 11:24 PM

Check out unetbootin: http://unetbootin.sourceforge.net/

thetank · 11-20-2008, 01:20 AM

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Originally Posted by {BBI}Nexus{BBI}

There are ways to install by either copying the required files to the harddrive or you could put the harddrive into another machine, do the install and place it back into the machine you removed it from. Do a search in this forum on using either method.

what words should i use for searching this method?

pinniped · 11-20-2008, 01:45 AM

One thing you can do is create a small partition, unpack the contents of an installer's ISO image there, and set up your current bootloader to give you the option to boot the installer. I can't think of any links to instructions as such, but I do remember reading someone's instructions on a website a few months ago about how he boots multiple installers from a single USB stick - similar thing.