[Ilugc] Boot ISOs wthout buring them
- From: saikiranrgda@xxxxxxxxx (Sai Kiran)
- Date: Tue Aug 29 14:28:55 2006
hi Girish,
On 8/28/06, Girish Venkatachalam <girishvenkatachalam@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Well, this page says otherwise.
http://wiki.lunar-linux.org/index.php/Installation:No_CD
With just three commands, you can do wonders.
losetup /dev/loop0 lunar-1.5.1-i686.iso
mount /dev/loop0 /mnt -o ro
chroot /mnt /sbin/lunar-install
if i am not wrong, he is copying the iso on a partition and and using
a boot loader to boot it. The chroot part is done by the kernel right
after kernel initialization.
Infact this step is done by all the distros that i have come across.
this script is generally placed in the initrd img file that we
genrally pass to the kernel.
remember if u want to do the above, u shouldn't have any other kernel
running. two kernel cannot run at the same time unless u go for XEN
or UML( both of which requires kernel recompilation.)
my two cents.
kiran
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