hdd install from loop mounted iso

[Matt Zimmerman]

On Thu, Sep 16, 2004 at 09:18:49PM +0100, Alex Boroda wrote:

> I have downloaded the iso but here, where I am now, I
> can't burn it. So my only option is to try a hdd
> install on my laptop from the loop mounted iso. I
> already have Debian sarge installed on my hard drive.
> I figured out (roughly) the following steps:
> 1. loop mount the iso image
> 2. copy the ubuntu kernel and initrd from iso to /boot
> 3. edit grub's menu.list to add an "UbuntuInstall"
> label that points to the ubuntu kernel and initrd
> copied at step 2.
> 4. reboot, choose  "UbuntuInstall" at the grub prompt
> and  install ubuntu.
> r
> Now the question is: does it makes sense to try all
> this, is this type of install possible for ubuntu? I'm
> not lazy, but if there is a known show stopper, I'd
> rather spare my time and wait till I reach
> civilisation again and burn the iso...

That sounds fairly reasonable, though I have not tried that approach and am
not sure whether it will work as expected.  You will likely need to to
manually arrange for the CD image to be mounted in the installer, so that it
can find the files.  You would do this by switching to virtual console #2,
mounting the system on a scratch mount point, then loop-mounting the ISO on
/cdrom, and resuming the install on console #1.

Let us know how it goes.

-- 
 - mdz