Hello I am trying to add the opesuse11.1 install iso file to boot loader menu witch I have dun but am lost on the witch kernal to use to start the install iso I have tried all the ones in the boot directory I get error code 19 must load the kernal first when I try to start the ios file from the boot menu.Would I need to write a kernal.
Please for any help Bruce
I added this to my menu.lst and it worked 100% for me, for os102, for os111, u must have files like these.
title Installer os102 (on /dev/sda3)
root (hd0,2)
kernel /os102-dvd/boot/i386/loader/linux
initrd /os102-dvd/boot/i386/loader/initrd
boot
Good Luck!!! 
this is what I have so far
/windows/C/linux/openSUSE-11.1-DVD-i586.iso
there are no os102 and no os111 file to found not in the package installer on yahoo search where did you get from please lol!
Bruce000 adjusted his/her AFB on Sunday 10 May 2009 04:46 to write:
>
> this is what I have so far
> /windows/C/linux/openSUSE-11.1-DVD-i586.iso
> there are no os102 and no os111 file to found not in the package
> installer on yahoo search where did you get from please lol!
>
>
Am I right in thinking you want the machine to boot from the iso without an
O/S running?
That is plain impossible…
You have got to have some parts of a system running, kernel, file system of
sorts and something that knows what to do with an iso image before you will
be able to boot said iso.
Putting an iso in grub ( which has no kernel etc… ) will never work, grub
sorta just launches the kernel.
you cannot boot an iso, now you could convert the iso into a file system
place it on the drive and with a bit of tweaking probably get that to boot
but beware there be dragons and madness lies.
HTH
Mark
Nullus in verba
Nil illigitimi carborundum
Thats what I be trying to do as this is a acer laptop mini with no cd/dvd I used a usb cd/dvd to install but when I am not a home I would not have that drive also was going to set package installer to use the same file for when installing application some times the installer asks for the dvd!But if these things are not possible o well
You want to mount a DVD iso in the running openSUSE operating system so it appears like the contents of a CD/DVD:
If the iso is called filename.iso and you’ve put it at /path_to/filename.iso
And if you make a directory called called isostore located at /path_to/isostore to mount it in
Use this console command:
mount -o loop -t iso9660 /path_to/filename.iso /path_to/isostore
The command is made as the root user so su to root first
You would have get a better answer if you had just asked, how can I install on this (model name) laptop without a CD/DVD drive, instead of prejudicing the answer by assuming one way of doing it.
To install on a machine without a CD/DVD if you can somehow boot off the kernel and initrd (extracted from the NET ISO), then you can install over the LAN or over the Internet.
swerdna adjusted his/her AFB on Sunday 10 May 2009 07:36 to write:
>
> You want to mount a DVD iso in the running openSUSE operating system so
> it appears like the contents of a CD/DVD:
>
> If the iso is called filename.iso and you’ve put it at
> /path_to/filename.iso
> And if you make a directory called called isostore located at
> /path_to/isostore to mount it in
>
> Use this console command:
> Code:
> --------------------
> mount -o loop -t iso9660 /path_to/filename.iso /path_to/isostore
> --------------------
>
> The command is made as the root user so su to root first
>
>
Also YaST has the option of mounting an iso as a local repo, just place the
iso somewhere ( like your home dir ) and then use the repository manager in
YaST to add it as a repo, the mounting and such is taken care of
automatically by the system.
HTH
–
Mark
Nullus in verba
Nil illigitimi carborundum
The bootable files you are looking for are /boot/i386/loader/linux and /boot/i386/loader/initrd. To extract them, you need to have another linux distro and its associated grub already installed. Then mount the iso on a loopback device using
mount -o loop -t iso9660 filename.iso /mnt/iso
Copy the above two files to the top level of the partition where the dvd iso is stored. Then add the following title block to /boot/grub/menu.lst:
title Install distro
kernel (hd0,)/linux vga=791
initrd (hd0,)/initrd
where * is the partition number minus 1. When you boot this block, it will say something like “Make sure the CD number 1 is in the hard disk”. Select “Back”, not “OK”.
I am sure you can take it from there.
One further key is that when you get to the section “Install from hard disk”, be sure to give the full path name, e.g.,
/filename.iso
i.e., the leading / is important. Finally, this wont work with the live cd iso. You need the full dvd iso.
Using this method using the dvd iso, can the distro be run “live” before installing, to make sure it works okay with my hardware???
I have run “liveCD” and “liveDVD” images of various distros, most notably PCLOS but others as well, using this method.
Mandriva, for example, can’t be run “live” this way.
Thanks.
D.
The install DVD is only for installing, it is not a live DVD.
Thanks for the clarification!!
- D.