[ Ubuntu-BD ] Hello everyone?

Ammar Karim ammar.lists at gmail.com
Sat Apr 26 18:25:31 BST 2008


Thanks Russel bhai. Gonna try it ektu porei :-D

But just to clarify... 

1. I should copy just the vmlinuz and initrd.gz files from inside the iso
file and paste into /boot

2. but should also leave the iso as it is, without extracting its contents
wholly to /mnt/hardy

-----Original Message-----
From: ubuntu-bd-bounces at lists.ubuntu.com
[mailto:ubuntu-bd-bounces at lists.ubuntu.com] On Behalf Of Russell John
Sent: Saturday, April 26, 2008 10:48 PM
To: Ubuntu Bangladesh
Subject: Re: [ Ubuntu-BD ] Hello everyone?

Hi Ammar bhai, nice to hear from you.  Hope you're doing well.

You can try the same way you did it on Mandriva.  I'm describing the
process below, though I don't guarantee it to work.  Try it and let me
know if it worked or not.

1) Create a new directory where the ISO file will be mounted:
sudo mkdir /mnt/hardy

2) Let's mount it:
mount -t iso9660 -o ro,loop ubuntu-8.04-desktop-i386.iso /mnt/hardy

3) Now copy the kernel and initrd images from /mnt/hardy and copy them
to /boot (file names: vmlinuz and initrd.gz)

4) Now edit the bootloader. I'm assuming that you're using GRUB, but
if you use LILO, then let me know.
sudo gedit /boot/grub/menu.lst
or
sudo vi /boot/grub/menu.lst

Add the following:

title Hardy Install
kernel (hd0,0)/boot/vmlinuz
initrd (hd0,0)/boot/initrd.gz

5) Reboot your system and choose Hardy Install from the boot menu.

Let me know if it works or not.

- Russell

On Sat, Apr 26, 2008 at 10:10 PM, Ammar Karim <ammar.lists at gmail.com> wrote:

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> Well I'm reading up on the email exchanges. I have downloaded Hardy
desktop
> CD (not alternate) but have not burnt it on a CD and installed it yet.
>
>  I've had a problem upgrading to feisty to gutsy using the alternate Gutsy
> cd (it just doesn't work). So I will be backing up my /home/user files and
> then doing a format and installing Hardy.
>
>  Can anyone suggest if I can do an install direct from the iso or
extracted
> iso files on a hard drive partition (I used to do this for Mandriva)
without
> having to burn a CD? Its ok if I have to make a boot floppy disk... but
> please share if this is possible.
>
>
>
> Thanks
>
>
>
> Ammar
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>
> -----Original Message-----
>  From: ubuntu-bd-bounces at lists.ubuntu.com
> [mailto:ubuntu-bd-bounces at lists.ubuntu.com] On Behalf Of Russell John
>  Sent: Saturday, April 26, 2008 8:31 PM
>  To: Ubuntu Bangladesh
>  Subject: [ Ubuntu-BD ] Hello everyone?
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> There are over 200 people on this list and only few of us are doing
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> Thanks,
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> Russell
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