possible to copy install cd to hard drive and install from hd?

[aBitLater]

is it possible to copy install cd (8.04) to hard drive and install from hard drive?

Here's my problem:
installing on toshiba portege 3500 with cardbus cdrom. install starts ok with BIOS set to boot from CD. I press "english", then install ubuntu... then I think my cdrom drive becomes unrecognizable by the second part of the install process. Casper log says something like "can't find live file system".

So I was thinking that I could boot with the cd, then change the options with F6 to point to "cdrom1", where I copy the install CD, instead of "/cdrom".

My current opensuse 10.3 freezes when copy cd files from nautilus into the "cdrom1" folder i created directly off of "/".

thanks for any help.

[avtolle]

If you have Windows on that computer, take a look at the following Wiki page:

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Installation/FromWindows

[avtolle]

Or, since you have OpenSuse 10.3, what about Lubi?

http://lubi.sourceforge.net/lubi.html

[sisco311]

EDIT: READ THIS (https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Installation/FromLinux)

You can use the alternate cd to install ubuntu from your hard disk.
Download the alternate cd and move the iso in the "/" (root) directory
of opensuse.

Download initrd.gz and vmlinuz
from:for 32 bit (http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/hardy/main/installer-i386/current/images/hd-media/) or for 64 bit (http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/hardy/main/installer-amd64/current/images/hd-media/).

Create a new folder in the root of your filesystem (/ubuntu) and move the files in it.

Edit your menu.lst and add this lines:

title UBUNTU INSTALL
root (hdX,Y)
kernel /ubuntu/vmlinuz
initrd /ubuntu/initrd.gz
replace (hdX,Y) with the root partition of opensuse.
Reboot your computer and select UBUNTU INSTALL from the grub menu.