STOP WASTING CDs
Requirements:
i) Any existing linux system
ii) download the iso image first
Procedure:
There are basically two files which needs to be extracted first one is the kernel file and another is initrd(which contains all the basic config for the linux to bootup). These two files varies for differenet version. Consider i have an iso file. I have to open it with an archiver and extract these two files.
To install its very easy,here is an example. Consider i have downloaded the iso file,i am installing fedora here
the steps to be followed are
#mkdir /fedora
#cp /home/surya/Fedora-10-i386-DVD.iso /fedora/fedora9.iso
Now extract both the files using archive manager and copy it in /fedora folder
Next move to /boot/grub/grub.conf file and append the following entries
title Install Linux
root(hdX,Y)
kernel /distro/LinuxKernel
initrd /distro/Ramdisk
in this case its
title Install Linux
root(hd4,Y)
kernel /fedora/vmlinuz
initrd /fedora/initrd.img
Now just reboot the system..
| LinuxOS | Kernel Path | Ramdisk path |
|---|---|---|
| Fedora | /isolinux/vmlinuz | /isolinux/initrd.img |
| openSUSE | /boot/i386/loader/linux | /boot/i386/loader/initrd |
| Mandriva | /i586/isolinux/alt0/vmlinuz | /i586/isolinux/alt0/all.rdz |
| Ubuntu | /casper/vmlinuz | /casper/initrd.gz |
| Debian | /install.386/vmlinuz | /install.386/initrd.gz |
| RHEL5/CentOS5 | /isolinux/vmlinuz | /isolinux/initrd.img |
