can i do this?

[binaryDigit]

after using linux for a year now i realize that this may sound like a stupid question, but i'm going to ask anyway.

usually when i do a fresh install i do it from dos using loadlin. ( no bootable cdrom ).

my question is can i start the installation from within linux.

for example:
mount the cdrom
execute the setup script on my slack7 cdrom
install

would that work.
is this a stupid question
have i had to much wine?

thoughts, questions, and flames welcome. i just want some kind of response.
that's probably a stupid thing to say on this board, but i could use the entertainment.
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[Gaccm]

I have never tried this, but i think you can, and btw, linux CDs are bootable and u dont need a floppy. So you can just rm -rf / * and just restart with teh Cd in place (i have done this and it works).
<i>Have i had too much wine?</i>
you certainly have, do your absolute best to never have to use that WINdows Emulater (www.winehq.com) http://www.linuxnewbie.org/ubb/smile.gif
and theres no stupid questions, just stupid people, wait a sec ...

[Derango]

I gathered from his message that his CD-ROM was not bootable, so he would have to use the floppy.

As to the original question...I have no idea http://www.linuxnewbie.org/ubb/wink.gif

Now there was a helpful answer if I ever saw one http://www.linuxnewbie.org/ubb/smile.gif

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[ds801]

Since you can't boot directly from your cd-rom drive, you basically need some way of loading your cd-rom driver so you can begin an install of Linux. I've never tried what you suggested, but the easiest way to get an answer is to just try it!

If you've got the DOS driver for your cd-rom, I'd suggest making a DOS boot floppy, and install the cd-rom driver to it. That way, you can just boot from the floppy, which will load the cd-rom driver, and you can then goto the Linux cd and run the 'autoboot' script to start the installation. (This is what I normally do on older computers.)

[jscott]

With slack7 goto the bootdsks.144 directory and find the right boot disk for your machine (bare.i is a good choice for non-scsi)

Under Windows do a 'Rawrite.exe bare.i a:' to create a boot disk

Under Linux 'dd if=./bare.i of=/dev/fd0'

You then need to find a root disk (in the rootdsks dir) color.gz or text.gz should be fine. Then do the same rawrite or dd command as above just sub color.gz for bare.i.

When finished, boot off the first floppy and wait until prompted to put in the rootdisk.

Have fun

[binaryDigit]

i realize now i should have been a little bit more specific.

i have an ibm thinkpad. the floppy and cdrom use the same drive bay. so i either have one or the other.

so before i what i did was i created a dos partition. then i booted with a dos boot disk that has the driver for my cdrom. then i used loadlin to start the installation process. slackware doesn't have an autoboot on its cd.

linux will see my cdrom drive if i boot with it. otherwise it won't. so i either have to do it the way i talked about before or make a bunch of floppies.

so i was wondering if i could just start the installation from within linux.

if i use the same process for making a boot floppy from within linux and then just run that from within linux do you think that would work?

i might just try it to see what happens.... (sounds like famous last words to me)

sorry about any confusion. after waking up this morning the other question answered itself. i'm not drinking any more until new years http://www.linuxnewbie.org/ubb/smile.gif


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