Re: installation from HDD

["azeem ahmad" <azeem81@msn.com>]

hi
infact i have extracted all these files to a hard disk already using winrar 
software on windows platform. it creates the directories like
debian-30r3-i386-binary-1
debian-30r3-i386-binary-2
debian-30r3-i386-binary-3
debian-30r3-i386-binary-4 etc
now i dont know how to boot from this hard disk and start the installation. 
the disk on which i have extracted the files isnt bootable or dont contain 
any operating system. so how to boot the system and start installation from 
this hard disk. and do i need to setup any kind of directory structure
Regards
Azeem

> From: Maximiliano Combina <maxicombina@gmail.com>
> To: azeem ahmad <azeem81@msn.com>
> Subject: Re: installation from HDD
> Date: Tue, 08 Mar 2005 19:33:48 -0300
>
>
> On Wed, 2005-03-09 at 01:37 +0500, azeem ahmad wrote:
> > hi all
> > i have downloaded all the ISO images needed to install debian. now i 
> want to
> > install debian. the normal way is to burn the CD's and then use them. 
> but i
> > want to install it from a hard disk. is there any ways that i extract 
> files
> > from these images copy them to a hard disk and the make that disk 
> bootable
> > and then install debian from there.
> > plz help me out.
> > waiting for ur response
> > Regards
> > Azeem
> I know the part of "extract the files and copy them to the hdd":
>
> # mount -o loop file.iso /mnt/disk
>
> this will let you see all the contents of file.iso in /mnt/disk. yes!
> you can see what is inside a .iso ;)
> then, you can copy the file you want to some other place.
>
> maxi
> --
> Plantalta random fortune:
> Un pesimista es un optimista bien informado.
> 	(Waldo)

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