[ Ubuntu-BD ] installing hardy direct from ISO

[Ammar Karim]

russell bhai,

Sorry I didn't reply earlier. My downloaded ISO was corrupt and I
didnt get around to installing hardy for a while. But I just tried
this method with a new ISO download.

Unfortunately this method did not work like a cd install and after
showing a few things not found, booted into an "initramfs" she'll. I
don't know what next to do through here, so I've rebooted to my feisty
and will burn a cd now.

I really need ntfs writing now, as the windows drives have got a nasty
rootkit virus file that avast detects, kaspersky blocks, but neither
can remove.

Here comes Hardy on my pc.


On 4/26/08, Russell John <russell at linux.org.bd> wrote:
> 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:
>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> 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
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
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>> Thanks,
>>
>> Russell
>>
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