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 Perhaps it is very outdated?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