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Posted: June 10 2006,12:25 QUOTE
Hallo *,
Is it possible to install dsl in a boot partition of an other linux distribution and to mount the iso and boot from it?
And if so how can I do it? Has someone a small howto?

Thanks adapix
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Posted: June 11 2006,11:28 QUOTE
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Is it possible to install dsl in a boot partition of an other linux distribution

Yes, download the iso anywhere in the root filesystem

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and to mount the iso

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mount -t lo file.iso /somewhere



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and boot from it?
You'd have to edit the bootloader in use (grub or lilo) and point it to the new image.

man mount
man grub
man lilo

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Posted: June 11 2006,12:41 QUOTE
Thanks pr0f3550r.
But how can I boot the kernel inside the iso at startup?
Which commands should I use in grub to mount the image and to start the kernel inside?
The man pages didnt describe such a scenario.

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Posted: June 11 2006,15:35 QUOTE
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Thanks pr0f3550r.
But how can I boot the kernel inside the iso at startup?
Which commands should I use in grub to mount the image and to start the kernel inside?
The man pages didnt describe such a scenario.

Regards adapix

well after mount it, cp everything into a partition then edit your grud or lilo to boot from that partition
something like this for grub: (use man for more info!!!)
root( drive number,partition number)
kernel /boot/isolinux/linux24
initrd /boot/isolinux/minirt24

good luck :)
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Posted: June 17 2006,13:38 QUOTE
Hello jimihieu,
thanks for your help.
I copied all files from the iso to /boot/dsl and edit my grub.conf to:
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root (hd0,0)
kernel /boot/dsl/boot/isolinux/linux24 5
initrd /boot/dsl/boot/isolinux/minirt24

I get now the error that dsl cant find the KNOPPIX Image. Do you have an idea how to fix this?

Thanks and regards
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