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title: "Install Linux From HDD Without Burning From Iso"
description: "Had a collection of GNU/Linux distros, had no time or money to buy DVD’s :P so came up with this plan : sudo mkdir /distro."
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# Install Linux From HDD Without Burning From Iso

> Had a collection of GNU/Linux distros, had no time or money to buy DVD’s :P so came up with this plan : sudo mkdir /distro.

**Had a collection of GNU/Linux distros, had no time or money to buy DVD's :P so came up with this plan :**

``

sudo mkdir /distro sudo chmod `whoami`:`whoami` cp MYLINUX.iso /distro/distro.iso

## EXTRACT Linux_kernel & Ram_disk TO /distro

sudo nano /boot/grub/menu.lst

## ADD NEW ENTRY

title GNU/Linux root (hdX,X) kernel /distro/Linux_kernel initrd /distro/Ram_disk

_After reboot in the menu select GNU/Linux_

**Distro and {Linux_kernel,Ram_disk} Pairs :**

  * Fedora
  * Suse
  * Mandriva
  * Ubuntu
  * Knoppix
  * Gentoo
  * Debian
  * Slackware

vmlinuz and initrd.img 

linux and initrd 

vmlinuz and all.rdz 

vmlinuz and initrd.gz 

vmlinuz and initrd.img 

gentoo and gentoo.igz 

vmlinuz and initrd.gz 

bzImage and initrd.img