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extract iso to hd and install from there

Asked by wegoulet

No CD Burner - Install from Hard Drive

I no longer have a CD Burner that works but I want to install ubuntu 7.04

I have successfully d/l 'Feisty Fawn' and the checksum matches what is on
the web site.

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hda = 50+ gb divided into three partitions

1.) HTFS partition is hidden and contains the core HP installation of
Windows XP, etc.

2.) Second partition is NTFS and contains my c:\windows and all
other programs, etc.

3.) Third partition is NTFS and contains my archive files plus email,
dowloads, etc.

hdb = 9+ gb (I called it NewOS)

I reserved the entire hard drive for ubuntu.

It is currently formated NTFS but want to install ext3 for linux so that
I can get the elongated file structure.

Being unable to burn image to CD leaves me with the desire to expand the image
to my archives partition and install ubuntu to hdb.

Can this be done?

If yes, how can it be accomplished?

If no, then I will wait the six to ten weeks for the install CD and go from there.

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Rodrigo Donado (frezeeer) said : 		#1

Hi:

I think all you need is wubi:
http://wubi-installer.org/index.php
have a look, you don't need a CD or anything, just a working windows partition, and I belive you have one

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wegoulet (wegoulet) said : 		#2

Hi Rodrigo,

You provide an answer that is interesting but doesn't solve the issue.

Yes, I want to maintain my Windows environment but I also want to experiment with Ubuntu. Being shielded from the gut workings of ubuntu (linux) wouldn't allow me to learn how things are done.

Thank you for your information.

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Cesare Tirabassi (norsetto) said : 		#3

It can be done indeed:

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

Note that you need the Alternate CD.

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wegoulet (wegoulet) said : 		#4

I don't have the Alternate CD. I downloaded the ubuntu-7.04-desktop-i386.iso.

I even attempted to perform a newwork install but Verizon DSL can't be accessed through the grub interface.

I am going to mark this as "solved" and wait for the 'Fiesty Dawn' CD that should come in the mail sometime in Septembe/October.

Thanks for all the suggestions