Installing Linux throught windows without CD

[Massimo Dal Zotto]

On Thu, Aug 16, 2007 at 12:03:38PM -0400, Brie Gordon wrote:
> This technique works if you are using virtualization.
> The host OS remains, Ubuntu would be a guest OS on the machine.
> 
> That's the beauty of it.
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtualization
> 
> 2007/8/16, Pete Holsberg <pjh42 at pobox.com>:
> >
> >  Brie Gordon keyed the following on 8/16/2007 11:40 AM:
> >
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> >  2007/8/16, cj <debiani386 at gmail.com>:
> >
> > Ricardo Schmidt wrote:
> >
> > Hello all,
> >
> >  I need to intall Ubuntu in a pc. But this computer does not have CD
> >  reader.
> >
> >  So, I need to enter in windows to download the iso file.
> >  But how could I intall the Ubuntu without the CD drive?!
> >  Is there one way to install Ubuntu throughout windows without CD?!
> >
> >  you could download the cd ISO and install it on a virtual PC
> >
> >  Or VMware (my preference) if your machine is up to it and depending a
> >  little more specifically on what you want to do.
> >
> >  How do you install Ubuntu from the .iso when that .iso resides on the HD of
> > the computer that is the target of the install?
> >
> >  --
> >  Pete Holsberg
> >  Columbus, NJ
> >

A guest Ubuntu can also become a host system if installed in a
harddisk partition.

You can install Ubuntu from an iso image file to a real partition
with VMware. Basically you define a vmware vmdk for the real hardisk, 
install Ubuntu in a (real) partition under VMware and then reboot
the real machine from the Ubuntu partition. I have just installed
(remotely!) a server with this method and it works fine.

You could probably also use qemu instead of vmware but I haven't
tried it for this purpose.

-- 
Massimo Dal Zotto