Talk:Installation using images

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I'm linux newbie. I wanted to install from downloaded images (saved on windows partitions) without burning them. I booted from 1st installation cd and tried to point installation to iso images using: install=iso:path. I could not get it to work.

I have one question that could help others moving from windows to linux. Can linux read installation images from windows filesystems? FAT, FAT32, or NTFS, or do they have to be on linux-ext3 partition? (I'm not sure if I'm doing something wrong, or if the installation cannot read from windows-type filesystem).

Wiki is not place where anybody is expecting this type of questions. Much more people willing to help, you can find if you subscribe to opensuse@opensuse.org mail list. Instructions how to subscribe you can find on Communicate page. --Rajko M 02:29, 5 February 2007 (UTC)

install=iso:/dev/hda1

Is it worth pointing out that install=iso:/dev/hda1/someiso.iso is a paramter to the kernel line and needs a line continuation in /boot/grub/menu.lst

So example.

 title install from hard disk
   kernel (hd0,0)/install/linux ssh=1 \
     install=iso:/dev/hda1/SUSECDs/SUSE-Linux-10.1-GM-i386-CD1.iso
   initrd (hd0,0)/install/initrd

This caused me a few failed attempts.

This depends on used editor. If it automatically inserts newline when you come to the end of window writing a line that exceed window width, instead of just wrapping it, than you will have problem and there is a need for line continuation character \ . Text editors that I use(d) simply go to new line without inserting any characters and than inserting \ is not necessary. --Rajko M 03:04, 23 July 2007 (UTC)

I think the warning at the bottom is now redundant since it appears that the installation programme will no-longer allow you to format a partition that the installation .iso is on.