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 :

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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