.iso booting without CD or flash

I would like to boot from a mounted iso w/o a flash drive or cd. Is that possible?

Originally Posted by keth I would like to boot from a mounted iso w/o a flash drive or cd. Is that possible?

I think some more information would really help here;

* When you say "mounted", exactly what do you mean by that ?
* Do you mean from a network location of some description ?
* I take it you mean a Linux distribution of some description ? If so, which one ?

I'm in win10 on an atom processor 2n1. Would like to use the existing mounting ability for win10 to install a puppy distro (It's a 32 bit rig). I have it on the 2n1 but could put it on my phone if needed

Originally Posted by keth I'm in win10 on an atom processor 2n1. Would like to use the existing mounting ability for win10 to install a puppy distro (It's a 32 bit rig). I have it on the 2n1 but could put it on my phone if needed

I'm still confused as to what exactly you mean by "existing mounting ability for win10" ?

Can you please just be clear and concise as to exactly what you are referring to? If you're not sure how to explain it, then you can provide a link if you wish.

EDIT: Just done a Google search and is this what you mean ?

No, it won't work. You can't install Linux from within Windows, unless you use a virtual machine, i.e. virtualbox.

Originally Posted by AwesomeMachine No, it won't work. You can't install Linux from within Windows, unless you use a virtual machine, i.e. virtualbox.

Not so sure about that, you may want to have a look at this: https://www.howtogeek.com/howto/9142...ubi-installer/

wubi is not supported anymore nor provided since version 13 and as far as I know does not work with Windows 8 or 10.

You might try the fork called wubiuefi but I have no idea how well works.

https://github.com/hakuna-m/wubiuefi/

While wubi is specific to installing Ubuntu within Windows as far as I know it is not a generic tool to boot ISO files.

Windows 10 file browser has the capability to open ISO files.

For Puppy

http://shino.pos.to/linux/lupq/puppydualboot.html

UEFI Puppies I know of are:

Tahr64 6.0.6:- http://distro.ibiblio.org/puppylinux...6.0.6-uefi.iso



XenialPup64 7.0.8.5:- http://distro.ibiblio.org/puppylinux...0.8.5-uefi.iso



FatDog 710:- http://distro.ibiblio.org/fatdog/iso/Fatdog64-710.iso

Not sure if this will work or not. Since I am not sure how the OP is rolling.

No, it won't work. You can't install Linux from within Windows, unless you use a virtual machine, i.e. virtualbox.

I've installed Puppy inside of Windows 7 before though.

http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=61404

You might be able to do a "frugal" install to your windows partition using unetbootin. That works with Ubuntu and some other common Linux systems. I don't know that it will work with Puppy. Basically, what it does is create a 'live' system on the partition which you can then boot from the windows bootloader. You would see a "unetbootin" option in your windows boot menu. I don't know if you have an EFI system or if it would work with EFI. The link below is to the unetbootin page explaining HD/Frugal installs.

https://github.com/unetbootin/unetbo...i/installmodes

Booting a Linux iso from Grub 2 is a very simple process. I don't know any other methods than those suggested above, not sure the windows option suggested will work on a non-windows iso and wubi has definitely not been supported for years and its use is discourage by Canonical/Ubuntu which was the only system that used it.

Originally Posted by yancek ...I don't know any other methods than those suggested above, not sure the windows option suggested will work on a non-windows iso...

Not meaning to be rude to you yancek and while I've never tried it myself; the link rokytnji posted clearly states the following:

LICK is versatile: it can be run on almost any version of Windows, from Windows 95 to Windows 10, on BIOS or UEFI, with or without secure boot.

So based on that, I see no reason as to why it wouldn't work with Puppy Linux (or Windows 10). But I make no claim as to how well it works or otherwise.

For the sake of clarity; I wasn't trying to suggest that wubi would work with Puppy Linux - my point was only that it's incorrect AFAICS to say that Linux generally speaking, cannot be installed from Windows (which-ever version of we may be talking about and whether in part or full). I'm sorry to anyone that may have been confused by my post #6, as that was *not* my intention. My apologies once again.

Post number 4s link is what I was talking about. Thanks for the advice guys.

I tried LICK but I am apparently completely lost. It ran, selected the distro, but nothing on reboot

Not meaning to be rude to you yancek and while I've never tried it myself; the link rokytnji posted clearly states the following:

I was actually referring to the link you posted in post 4 which seems to deal specifically with mounting an iso in windows, apparently to install software.

I would think one of the methods to do a frugal install would work but I haven't used Puppy in years. The only methods I am familiar with to boot and install a Linux system from windows is wubi which as far as I know is limited to Ubuntu and unetbootin but I believe Puppy had a method to do a frugal install. Whether it would then boot and be able to install, I don't recall.

Booting any Linux, even installed to a partition on a hard drive from windows is possible but very convoluted to say the least.

Originally Posted by jsbjsb001 Not so sure about that, you may want to have a look at this: https://www.howtogeek.com/howto/9142...ubi-installer/

Well, I'll be! It is possible after all! But that still doesn't solve the problem of no optical disk and no flash drive. Although I think with third party software that you can mount an iso image in Windows.

I stand corrected!

Using WUBI isn't going to help the OP at all as it is specific to Ubuntu and s/he wants to install Puppy. Additionally, WUBI isn't and hasn't been supported for years and the wubi guide (link below) specifically states that it is not expected to work with windows 8 or 10.

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/WubiGuide

Unetbootin also worked, at least with Ubuntu on Legacy systems installing it inside a windows partition. Whether it would work on a UEFI system I don't know.