<div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Mar 7, 2009 at 12:29 PM, George Brooke <<a href="mailto:solar.george@googlemail.com">solar.george@googlemail.com</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> <div class="im">On Saturday 07 March 2009 01:52:02 <a href="mailto:deemarie@fastmail.fm">deemarie@fastmail.fm</a> wrote: > Dear Xubuntu > > I would like instructions on how to install Xubuntu 8.10 from an iso > image that is on my hard drive. > Also, if it matters, which ISO image would I need to download.... > Desktop CD or Alternate install CD... in order to accomplish this? > > I was able to do this for Puppy Linux. Unzipped iso to C:\, added grldr > and menu.lst to C:\boot.images folder, modified boot.ini adding > C:\GRLDR="Puppy Menu". > That made a "frugal install". From there you can do normal/full install > to another hard drive/partition. > > That's what I'm looking to do with your Xubuntu. Puppy Linux was awful. > > I'm running Windows 2000pro btw. 866PIII, 512ram. > I'd like to put Xubuntu on hda3 (I:) > > Thank you > Deemarie > -- > > <a href="mailto:deemarie@fastmail.fm">deemarie@fastmail.fm</a> </div>Hi, Take a look here - <a href="https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Installation" target="_blank">https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Installation</a> However this is not the correct place to come for general xubuntu help, try the forums <a href="http://ubuntuforums.org" target="_blank">ubuntuforums.org</a>. </blockquote><div> Or better, try the xubuntu-users mailinglist: <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/xubuntu-users">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/xubuntu-users</a> Anyway, it sounds like you're looking for Wubi, see <a href="http://wubi-installer.org/">http://wubi-installer.org/</a> You need the Desktop CD for that. </div></div> Cheers, -- Vincent