Re: ISO image
On Tue, 9 Jan 2001, Junichi Uekawa wrote:
> In Mon, 8 Jan 2001 14:26:07 +0200 "Vadim Chekan" <vchekan@softline.kiev.ua> cum veritate scripsit :
>
> > Hello all!
> >
> > If i'll get ISO image of Hurd, will I need to install Linux om my machine or
> > not?
>
> short answer:
>
> No
>
> longer answer:
>
> When you get the ISO image, you can burn the ISO image with your favorite
> CD-R burning software. Most of the burning software is capable of burning
> a CD image. Sometimes you need to rename the "*.iso" files to "*.img" or
> something, but that is a minor detail. So you can do that from Windows.
>
> You can then boot from the CD-R you have just burnt. It will boot up
> Linux, and it will install Hurd onto your harddisk, and from your harddisk,
> Hurd will start up.
>
The Hurd CD boots Linux and creates a ramdisk in memory and this is used
to partition the Hard Drive, format the Hurd partition and install the the
tarball. The Linux phase only invoves RAM. At no time is Linux installed
on the HD.
Phil.
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Mobile 025 267 9420. I sell GNU/Linux CDs. See http://www.copyleft.co.nz
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