HOWTO: Install Edgy 6.10 from an .iso file

**john_spiral** · February 24th, 2008

Originally Posted by iblicf

im trying to install hardy alpha5 and downoad the ISO file.....

I'm sorry but this HOWTO will only work with certain ubuntu alternative .iso files.

Please try my below thread:

HOWTO Boot from a .iso file without needing a working CD-ROM - REALLY USEFUL!

**send2toonie** · February 25th, 2008

I think i'm going to give up. I have no idea how to install grub, and yes I've tried reading up on it but i'm just lost.

Thanks for you help John.

Maybe i'll give it another shot when I find an easier way to install it.

**johnraff** · February 26th, 2008

Before you give up, here's an alternative to John's method:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=427540
unetbootin is a file that sits in your Windows (or other linux) partition and starts off an installation from the net instead of an iso file. You don't need to make a new partition if you've got an existing system on your machine, and once the installation gets going there's a partitioner that helps you set things up, just like the regular Ubuntu install disk.

I've just used it and it was pretty easy.

**send2toonie** · March 15th, 2008

Thanks for the net install idea, but i've tried that before this method and that didn't work.

But I really wanted to try ubuntu, so i went out and bought a new laptop. I now have dual boot vista and ubuntu, and i LOVE ubuntu.

Anyways, thanks all for trying to help me. It really was an old system, i think buying a new afford me a chance to really give ubuntu a fair try, rather than try running it on a slower machine and not really 'experience' it fully.

Thanks again.

**john_spiral** · March 16th, 2008

have you tried this?

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=666267

**Replika** · April 27th, 2008

Originally Posted by Allener

Thanks for your guide .Following it,I managed to scan and detect the ISO image form the hd. It showed as :
Successfully mounted gutsy installer ISO image The ISO file /ubuntu-7.10-alternate-amd64.iso on /dev/sda8 (gutsy) will be used as the installation ISO image.However,it failed at Load installer components r\from an installer ISO reading data from the CD-ROM. I installed my ubuntu from hd. How come that it needs to read from the CD-ROM? How to straighten this out?
Thanks a million!

I've the same problem when trying to install v8.04 alternative(checksum ok)
Does this tip work with v8.04?

**john_spiral** · April 27th, 2008

Originally Posted by Replika

I've the same problem when trying to install v8.04 alternative(checksum ok)
Does this tip work with v8.04?

not sure, could you give it a try?

thanks

John

or try the following method:

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=666267

**Kidaf** · May 1st, 2008

john,

I used your tuto to install Gutsy, and tried on Hardy, but had problems.

Fixed them, thou, with these 2 simple changes on your tuto:

FIRST: change the link to the vmlinuz & initrd.gz files, from edgy to hardy. This way, you can get the needed compressed kernel files to install.

old > http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/edgy/main/installer-i386/current/images/hd-media/

change to > http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/hardy/main/installer-i386/current/images/hd-media/

SECOND: rise the set ramdisk_size for the decompressed kernel files on the new entry for Grub, as 14972 seemed not to be enough.

old > kernel /boot/vmlinuz vga=normal ramdisk_size=14972 root=/dev/rd/0 rw --

change to > kernel /boot/vmlinuz vga=normal ramdisk_size=149720 root=/dev/rd/0 rw --

In fact, I am not really sure how much ramdisk_size is actually needed, but 10x the original solved the problem.

Other than that, Hardy installed smoothly, just as Gutsy with yout original tuto.

Thanks!

**aarmelvin** · May 8th, 2008

HOWTO: Install Edgy 6.10 from an .iso file

can i use the same method to install gOS since it also based on ubuntu...
i need ur help regarding this...

i tried the method that was explained above....

i have resized one of my older partition........

when i reboot my machine.....
when i select to install gOS
i got the error
Error 2 : Bad file or directory...

any idea...
tahnks in advance

**john_spiral** · May 9th, 2008

Originally Posted by aarmelvin

HOWTO: Install Edgy 6.10 from an .iso file

can i use the same method to install gOS since it also based on ubuntu...
i need ur help regarding this...

i tried the method that was explained above....

i have resized one of my older partition........

when i reboot my machine.....
when i select to install gOS
i got the error
Error 2 : Bad file or directory...

any idea...
tahnks in advance

try this method:

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=666267