Is there any way to install any Linux distro without using a cd drive?

[sprintlove]

Hello friends!


Is there any way to install "any Linux distro" without using a cd drive? My problem is that I've downloaded a Mandriva ISO on my Windows XP machine and wanna know how to install it on my system without using any cd drive.


Please help!

Thanks! Have a nice day!



- Sprint

[falko]

Have a look here: http://www.linuxhelp.net/isos/

But I don't know if you can install then.
If you have a rescue system on your box, you can boot into that rescue system and install Linux with debootstrap (this works for Debian and Ubuntu, I don't know if something like this is available for Mandriva).

Another possibility would be to install Mandriva on a system with a CD drive and then copy the image to your box without a CD drive: http://www.howtoforge.com/howto_linux_systemimager
http://www.howtoforge.com/dedicated_server_backup_restore_systemimager

[sprintlove]

Thanks for replying!


Actually, I've got only one pc and it does has a dvd/cd rw combo. Since I've downloaded the distro ISO on my Windows partition, I wanna be able to know the way to install it on my pc without writing the ISO on a cd. Another problem is that my pc hasn't got any floppy disk drive.


So please guide me how to install a linux distro in this way when you don't have a floppy drive/another pc option! Is it possible?


Please guide me!


Thanks! Have a nice day!



- Sprint

[till]

You will have to write the isos on a CD / DVD. It is not possible to mount a iso file during boot if you dont have a boot media like a floppy.