Alternate Ubuntu Install Methods?

Sat Jan 15 01:04:03 UTC 2005

>         Are there any alternative Ubuntu install methods, aside from the
> default installer?  I have been unable to get the default installer, on
> both Warty and Hoary, to work correctly.
>         I am currently using Gentoo and have had to book using a Knoppix LiveCD
> in the past in order to install Gentoo on this system.  Is there a way I
> can bootstrap the Ubuntu installer in a similar way?

you can use debootstrap from your Gentoo partition to install Warty. 
The Debian manual explain it for a Sarge installation:
http://d-i.alioth.debian.org/manual/en.i386/apcs04.html

I did something very similar to the instructions in that manual to
install Warty last September.