Comments on Install Linux Without Burning An ISO To CD/DVD - Use The ISO Downloaded To Your Hard Drive

Nice. On a total different subject but related, you can also use grub4dos' ability to load iso images to make a standard usb disk-on-key multibootable quite easily.

I wrote about it here.

I second it, but some distros will not behave themselves if your method is used, so manual preparation is needed. Open SUSE fails to boot if the iso is directly mapped 

Easy2Boot is a new way to use grub4dos to boot almost any linux liveCD ISO - all you do is copy over any ISO to the USB bootable grub4dos drive and then boot it!

 You don't need to write a menu or know the special cheat codes.

Another ISO image burning software program for Windows is Active@ ISO Burner.  It's free to download from CNet.com, and works with most CD/DVD burners.  I've used it for several ISO files, both CD and DVD images, and it works well.  (Not that it's a problem, but I recommend to always be sure to "verify" after a burn!)

why not use unetbootin. It's easy.

Seconded.  Easiest method by far is unetbootin.

My BIOS id quite buggy and will boot only form DOS-formatted and bootable USB. Unetbooin (GRUB2) USB will fail to boot. This is why I have to use grub4dos to chainload the GRUB USB or use it to boot the disto.

The article sheds some light on the process of manually preparing your USB, which is important in such buggy cases :)

 The knowledge is used to prepare yourself a multi-bootable USB (also handy ;)

"I am assuming that Linux is not installed on your system and neither grub or lilo is there. " But you are assuming the user has Windows installed as base system, right? It would be useful to state this clearly because I am lost with two first steps -- what folder view and what ntfs? The whole text seems like written in a great hurry.

You can also boot it up from your USB drive if your BIOS supports booting from attached devices.

Hi all,

I am not able to get grub> prompt after reboot after following options

Microsoft Windows XP

Start Linux

i have followed all the nessary steps.

Pls Hlp,

Ragards,

Ramesh

I had the same problem, the reason is this line from the guide :

C:grldr="Start Linux"

It should be :

C:\grldr="Start Linux"

In fact in his blog link : http://mightydreams.blogspot.com/2007/09/i-am-describing-here-method-to-install.html

The line is right, with the "/".

I tried it but it could not help. please try it by urself at first. U waste my time.

I use this method to boot multi-boot iso's from my usb, but never thought of doing it straight from my HD.

Thanks

and how can we use rEFInd instead of Grub?

this link should be deleted.

the winzip file is now a exe and methods have changed.

You don't mention that it it does'nt work with non pae system for all distrib. I will try LMDE-2 because my CD decvice not working nor usb ports on my Dell Latitude X300 with xp OS . Moreover I have a Netgear PC card for internet connection impossible to configure after starting the option net...The only solution is harddisk... Cross fingers... Thanks a lot anyway .  Rgds