<> <> ## added tags to replace deprecated category.cleanup ## page was renamed from InstallationFromLinuxHardDiskAndPcmcia ## page was renamed from InstallationFromLinuxHardDisk = Why this installation method? = Because I have a laptop/desktop with neither CD drive nor Floppy drive that can actually make the machine boot from. However, I do have a PCMCIA Cd drive. If you don't have the PCMCIA Cd drive, I believe there's a way to install from a partition (usually {{{/dev/the_partition}}}) you mount during installation procedure. If you have an URL we can use for that method, please provide it. ---- <> = Hardware used for this = I successfully did it on: * Fujitsu Lifebook B2175 * Celeron 500 MHz * 256 MB of Ram * 20 GB of HD * PCMCIA CD drive * Ubuntu previously installed on ''server'' mode via [[http://www.edubuntu.org/InstallationViaNetBoot|Edubuntu NetBoot]] * Edubuntu CD (latest breezy .iso at the time I am writing this) = Software used = * Edubuntu or any GnuLinux distro should do fine. * GRUB * {{{vmlinuz}}} and {{{initrd.gz}}} files = Preparing the booting = * Mount the Edubuntu Cd to a dir you have access to or create a new directory (it depends on what permissions you have to work on the current system). * As for this HowTo I am using a previously installed Ubuntu on ''server'' mode, I created a {{{/mnt/CdDrive}}} directory, and then mounted {{{/dev/hdc}}} on it, which is the PCMCIA Cd drive. {{{ $ mkdir /mnt/CdDrive $ mount /dev/hdc /mnt/CdDrive }}} * Get the {{{vmlinuz}}} and {{{initrd.gz}}} files from the Edubuntu Cd. = Edit Grub file = Let's set menu.lst to read our {{{vmlinuz}}} and {{{initrd.gz}}} files. /!\ Ooops! I apologize but I have lost the URL where I found the lines to set GRUB. If you know the lines, please do provide them. {{{ PLACE THE LINES HERE }}} = Reboot = Now, let's reboot and cross fingers :) ---- CategoryInstallation