Installing without CD

naesiom · 09-19-2005, 02:47 AM

Hi, I have linux installed on one partition and I need to install slackware on the other one. The problem is that I have no CD rom .. And it is not repairable.. So, how do I install from the harddisk without any cdrom at all ?.. I have all the iso:s but how do I boot them and is there any good img/iso handler for linux such as "daemon tools" for windows? I serached the internet but didn't find any great answers.
Maybe it is just to copy the CD to the new partition ? and boot it with an bootdisk ?

Thanks.

UnderDark · 09-19-2005, 04:29 PM

You could always try a NFS install

EDIT: You can install from another paritition: http://www.slackbook.org/html/book.html#AEN1035

naesiom · 09-20-2005, 01:59 AM

Thank you for the answer.

But dosn't that require me to boot from the CD anyway just to be able to select that option ?

gbonvehi · 09-20-2005, 02:26 AM

You can mount the iso files and install from there.

naesiom · 09-20-2005, 02:41 AM

Okay,

Well.. I suppose you can't tell me how to do that. I have aldready partionized the drive. So how do I mount an ISO file to that partition ? Thanks

gbonvehi · 09-20-2005, 03:31 AM

I suppose you can't search on the web: http://www.techspot.com/vb/topic483.html

or man mount: mount image.iso /mnt -t iso9660 -o loop=/dev/loop0

By the way, i found this searching on the web also: http://www.slackware.com/faq/do_faq....installation#1

And this one had the same problem, got solved, check the posts: http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...05/03/2/288279

BroX · 09-29-2005, 03:10 AM

Why doesn't this work for me?

Code:

bash-3.00$ su -c 'mount -v -o ro,loop=/dev/loop0 /tmp/image.iso /mnt/iso/'
Password: 
mount: going to use the loop device /dev/loop0
/dev/loop0: No such device or address
mount: failed setting up loop device
bash-3.00$

/dev/loop0 is present:

Code:

bash-3.00$ la /dev/|grep loop
brw-rw----  1 root disk     7,   0 Sep 29  2005 loop0
bash-3.00$

What am I missing here?

BroX · 09-29-2005, 03:32 AM

Uhmmm... to answer my own question (What am I missing?):

-Support for loop device in the kernel!

Apologies for posting too fast. Finding /dev/loop0 made me assume the kernel was compiled with loop device support.

Cheers, Leon.