HD Install :: HDBOOT "live" from HD no floppy no cdrom no lilo

You should not copy the CDROM image to a partition (IE: /dev/hd?1).

Try again, with /dev/hdc instead of /dev/hdc1

FYI, a quick linux primer on IDE devices:

/dev/hda = Primary IDE controller, MASTER drive
/dev/hdb = Primary IDE controller, SLAVE drive
/dev/hdc = Secondary IDE controller, MASTER drive
/dev/hdd = Secondary IDE controller, SLAVE drive

while:
/dev/hda1 = The first partition on the hda drive

Most computers are built with the PC hard drive as the primary master, aka
/dev/hda

and the PC CDROM drive is the secondary master, aka
/dev/hdc

which is why I used the command syntax above.

Good Luck.

Someone on the Knoppix.net forums has been able to boot an iso from the hdd using a grub loader (for windows) and an addition to the boot.ini file.
I've used it awhile ago, but don't know how to modify to run any bootable iso, at the moment it was only done for knoppix.

You can check the link here

thnaks for the hda ... hdc primer.
maybe after sucessful boot it wont run on a transferred system with hda. so i have to change the plugs

and ffff even on knoppix board its an issue.

its simply too much for beginners or end users to read more than one page of instructions.

as long as its an issue
it should be solved.

best with lilo.

again the

sudo dsl-hdinstall

does all,
really all burn and write,
except a lasting boot record.

it already does an one time boot record,
but no lasting.

maybe i have to analyse this script.

knows anyone wheter this boot record or this one time boot prompt is in the ram and not on the disk?

original here.