Hello David! Excuse me, I'm wrong. After testing I can offer running result. On Sun, 15 Feb 2004, Lothar Hansche wrote:
Hello David,
On Sat, 14 Feb 2004, David Liontooth wrote:
Second, can I install SuSE 9 from loop-mounted DVD disk images, or in some other way directly from hard drives within the existing installation? I don't have a floppy or CD/DVD drive on this unit, though I could plug one in for this purpose.
On my Shuttle AMD64 Board AN5OR I did create a separate partition /dev/hde11 and mounts this to directory /local.
Then I did copy the the two DVD's to a local partition directory on my SATA harddisk, for instance: /local/install/SuSE_90/DVD1 and .../DVD2. The starting point for installation is then the mounted partition /dev/hde11 on directory /local with directory (absolute path)
/local/install/SuSE_90/DVD1
and not the CDROM device. You can copy the DVD's via network connection from another computer.
Then you can install always again and again from harddisk directly.
This partition you can mount as installation source from any running SuSE-System.
The next is to configure the booting maschine for the first setup from harddisk and not CDROM, DVD or floppy.
My idea is, than they can edit a additional entry in existing GRUB installation on harddisk.
I think, you can add following lines in /boot/grub/menu.lst if booting device is /dev/hde13.
The booting device is /dev/hde11 (/local).
## ----------------------------- title Installation (initial from harddisk) kernel (hd0,12)/linux ramdisk_size=65536 splash=silent manual=1 showopts initrd (hd0,12)/initrd ## -----------------------------
I forgot the path's, but following works for my maschine: ## ------------------------------- title Installation (initial from harddisk) kernel (hd0,10)/install/SuSE_90/DVD1/boot/loader/linux ramdisk_size=65536 splash=silent manual=1 showopts initrd (hd0,10)/install/SuSE_90/DVD1/boot/loader/initrd ## ------------------------------- The installation path is then "install/SuSE_90/DVD1". Additional can you start the rescue system if you create a new entry and then replace the option manual=1 through rescue=1.
Please see SuSE Admin handbook.
Gruss Lothar Hansche, Germany, Berlin