From: Michael Mol <mikemol@gmail.com>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] how to install from ISO without burning it
Date: Mon, 19 Sep 2011 08:56:49 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CA+czFiC_bQv=Um=eFq3h6UfvjW3TB4SpiKcgKMjsaUw9DR2QfA@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87r53dd69x.fsf@newsguy.com>
On Sun, Sep 18, 2011 at 3:01 PM, Harry Putnam <reader@newsguy.com> wrote:
> I've been looking around for a way to install gentoo just by plopping
> an ISO into a known partition,.
>
> I'm not getting much from google on this search string:
> install gentoo directly from iso. Or I should say:
>
> I've found a couple of how toos but they involve quite a lot of mumbo
> jumbo like this one:
>
> http://nlug.ml1.co.uk/2011/06/boot-livecd-iso-image-from-hdd/305
>
> I can follow that alright but first wanted to make sure there
> is not a well established mainstream way of doing it.
Apparenly ISOLINUX is in a family of very similar bootloaders, and
someone made reference to a disk version of it last week or the week
before.
However, it might be possible to replace ISOLINUX on the live DVD with
the family's disk equivalent*, and have your normal bootloader chain
load it?
I'm missing a lot of detail here; perhaps someone else remembers or knows more.
* surely there's a script somewhere that automates that.
--
:wq
prev parent reply other threads:[~2011-09-19 12:58 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-09-18 19:01 [gentoo-user] how to install from ISO without burning it Harry Putnam
2011-09-18 19:18 ` Poncho
2011-09-19 0:39 ` [gentoo-user] " James
2011-09-19 6:57 ` [gentoo-user] " Pandu Poluan
2011-09-19 12:56 ` Michael Mol [this message]
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