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Successful M4 installation using only a hard disk

Postby ohmysql » Sep 14th, '14, 01:27

Hey y'all,

I just wanted to mention that I been having successfully installed M4 using only my one hard disk, no other USB, cds, or DVDs. I thought that was cool! I didn't realize I could install things from my own hard disk.

I downloaded the M4 DVD .iso file (3.4 gigs or so). I placed it on my desktop. I unpacked it using archive manager into a folder called Mage.

I looked in isolinux. I have a 64-bit processor, so it was in x86_64. I found the files vmlinuz and all.rdz

Then I edited /etc/grub.d/40_custom

I added:

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menuentry "Mage4 Installer" {
insmod ext2
set root=(hd0,msdos3)
linux [path]/Desktop/Mage/isolinux/x86_64/vmlinuz
initrd [path]/Desktop/Mage/isolinux/x86_64/all.rdz
}


But one thing to know about the [path]. For some reason, (hd0,3) didn't work for me, it had to be (hd0,msdos3). The way to find out is to load grub2, press 'e'. Then do some ls commands.

First I type "ls"

I got "(hd0,msdos3"
Then "ls (hd0,msdos3)/"

And by using the ls command to list folder by folder, I finally found my way to:

ls (hd0,msdos3)/home/Desktop/Mage/isolinux/x86_64/

That's where I found the linux kernel !

I hope this was helpful to someone?

I used Mageia's grub2 and so far it hasn't wiped out my other operating systems, but I'm a bit nervous to update-grub on Linux Mint again...

:)

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Re: Successful M4 installation using only a hard disk

Postby doktor5000 » Sep 14th, '14, 09:19

Thanks for sharing :) Just moved the thread into our tips&tricks section.
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Re: Successful M4 installation using only a hard disk

Postby ohmysql » Sep 15th, '14, 01:03

Perfect, thank you! I didn't know that section existed or else I would have put it there!
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