ln_alan@sina.com wrote: > Thanks a lot! > It works after the boot commands change to this: > grub>kernel (hd0,0)/vmlinuz root=/dev/ram ramdisk_size=8192 devfs=mount,dall init=/linuxrc > grub>initrd (hd0,0)/initrd.gz > grub>boot You shouldn't need the init=/linuxrc; debian-installer boots /sbin/init. I have tried to document this install method for the INSTALLATION-HOWTO. Could you please look over this and see if it seems to be accurate? 2.5 Booting from hard disk It's possible to boot the installer using no removable media, but just an existing hard disk, which can have a different OS on it. These instructions are for i386 systems, such as those running windows. Download hd-media/initrd.gz, hd-media/vmlinuz, and a Debian CD image to the top-level directory of the hard disk. Make sure that the CD image has a filename ending in ".iso". Now it's just a matter of booting linux with the initrd. If you have grub installed, boot grub, and do the following: grub>kernel (hd0,0)/vmlinuz root=/dev/ram ramdisk_size=8192 devfs=mount,dall grub>initrd (hd0,0)/initrd.gz grub>boot Or you can use loadlin to boot linux from inside DOS (or early versions of Windows) with the same parameters. Ater the installer boots, it should find the ISO you placed on the hard disk, and continue with the install. You will not be able to reformat the partition the installer was booted from if you use this technique. -- see shy jo
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