Second install from harddisk from a running system possible?
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Second install from harddisk from a running system possible?
Yes I know, similar things have been asked before but I found no satisfying answer. This is what I want to do:
I have (several) instances of SuSE 10.0 installed on my hd. I have copies of the 5 CDs in an extra partition mounted under normal directory /iso.
Now I want to install again (to try out things or play until it is broken). How can I get the system to install from /iso? Mounting with the loopdevice -- and then? How do I change media (/iso/CD1 -> /iso/CD2 ...)? How do I get it started at all?
First you need to have only one ISO DVD image and you may need to mount it during the install. You'll need to drop to a another tty console during the setup by pressing Ctrl-Alt-F2 to F7. I would recommend to mount it to a new directory /mnt/iso then the install wizard should give you the option of specifying this directory to install from.
You can also copy all the contents of each CD ot a directory on the second hard drive then mount it the same during the install wizard.
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