On Sat, Nov 30, 2002 at 06:45:38PM +0530, sameer shinde wrote:

But what if I have copied Linux CD on my windows partition & now I want to install the linux from hard disk. What should I do? Is there something like setup or install in linux?

That sounds incredible ... a setup.exe, ie, a Windows executable, that will install another operating system! I see no reason why that's not possible, but I don't think anyone has tried doing something.

Generally you expect to boot into the installer when you are trying to install a new operating system - with a floppy or a CD.

I think what you are looking for is a utility that will let you create a bootable floppy from your Windows system, and then an installer that can read packages from that partition, instead of from the hard-disk.

The old Anaconda with the non-GUI interface used to have something like this, but I am not sure since I never used it. Worth a try, though!

There was mention of an ISO image sitting on your drive. If that's the case, look for some utility in Windows that will make it look like a "virtual drive" or something ...

Sameer.