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[coLinux-users] Is it possible to install setup a Linux distribution from CD ROM?

[Frank C. <vfc...@go...>]

Is it possible to install setup a Linux distribution from CD ROM?

I have an Ubuntu 7.10 coLinux setup, and I want to create new Ubuntu
8.04 and 8.10 from ISO images.

Is it possible to mount the CDROMs and install them, or use some kind
of debootstrap system which
can install from a local FTP created from loop mounted ISO?

What I mean is if the coLinux cannot install an image from the CDROM,
is it possible to extract
debootstrap from the ISO image, and use it to install the rest of the
files from the ISO image mounted
as an FTP location?

/vfclists

Re: [coLinux-users] Is it possible to install setup a Linux distribution from CD ROM?

[Henry N. <hen...@ar...>]

Am 22.04.2009 21:33, schrieb Frank Church:
> Is it possible to install setup a Linux distribution from CD ROM?
>
> I have an Ubuntu 7.10 coLinux setup, and I want to create new Ubuntu
> 8.04 and 8.10 from ISO images.
>
> Is it possible to mount the CDROMs and install them, or use some kind
> of debootstrap system which
> can install from a local FTP created from loop mounted ISO?
>
> What I mean is if the coLinux cannot install an image from the CDROM,
> is it possible to extract
> debootstrap from the ISO image, and use it to install the rest of the
> files from the ISO image mounted
> as an FTP location?

Here is an interesing stepguide for CentOS bootstrapping:
http://blog.gbraad.nl/2009/03/manually-installing-centos-52-on.html

In wiki http://colinux.wikia.com/wiki/UbuntuBase exist a very old 
script. Perhaps it is very outdated?

Newer coLinux version 0.7.4-rc2 has an option for cdrom, like this:
    scsi1=cdrom,C:\image.iso
or
    scsi1=cdrom,\Device\Cdrom0

Please read also comments from Bill about Fedora here: 
http://tinyurl.com/cnovnz
And my answers: http://tinyurl.com/csw9nr, http://tinyurl.com/cr9ene

-- 
Henry N.

Re: [coLinux-users] Is it possible to install setup a Linux distribution from CD ROM?

[Frank C. <vfc...@go...>]

2009/4/22 Henry Nestler <hen...@ar...>:
> Am 22.04.2009 21:33, schrieb Frank Church:
>>
>> Is it possible to install setup a Linux distribution from CD ROM?
>>
>> I have an Ubuntu 7.10 coLinux setup, and I want to create new Ubuntu
>> 8.04 and 8.10 from ISO images.
>>
>> Is it possible to mount the CDROMs and install them, or use some kind
>> of debootstrap system which
>> can install from a local FTP created from loop mounted ISO?
>>
>> What I mean is if the coLinux cannot install an image from the CDROM,
>> is it possible to extract
>> debootstrap from the ISO image, and use it to install the rest of the
>> files from the ISO image mounted
>> as an FTP location?
>
> Here is an interesing stepguide for CentOS bootstrapping:
> http://blog.gbraad.nl/2009/03/manually-installing-centos-52-on.html
>
> In wiki http://colinux.wikia.com/wiki/UbuntuBase exist a very old script.
> Perhaps it is very outdated?
>
> Newer coLinux version 0.7.4-rc2 has an option for cdrom, like this:
>   scsi1=cdrom,C:\image.iso
> or
>   scsi1=cdrom,\Device\Cdrom0
>
> Please read also comments from Bill about Fedora here:
> http://tinyurl.com/cnovnz
> And my answers: http://tinyurl.com/csw9nr, http://tinyurl.com/cr9ene
>
> --
> Henry N.
>

The http://colinux.wikia.com/wiki/UbuntuBase worked okay for me, but I
had to make some adjustments do install from a file://cdrom/Ubuntu.

I am yet to try the Centos one, but that is my preferred server distro.

Can 0.73, 0.74 and 0.80 coexist on the same system.

Thanks

Re: [coLinux-users] Is it possible to install setup a Linux distribution from CD ROM?

[Henry N. <hen...@ar...>]

Frank Church wrote:
> Can 0.73, 0.74 and 0.80 coexist on the same system.

No, not at same time.

You can install it in different directories. To switch between these 
versions needs to change into the directory and run these two commands:
   colinux-daemon.exe --remove-driver
   colinux-daemon.exe --install-driver

Switching between 0.8.x and 0.7.4 you not need. Both are exactly the 
same code with an other version number only.

-- 
Henry N.