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 Perhaps it is very outdated?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.