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Install from iso image to usb drive?

  • 06-08-2006 5:03pm
    #1
    kdouglas
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,414 ✭✭✭


    Hey,
    just wondering if anyone knows a way of doing what i want here:

    I have a dvd iso of the installation disc for an operating system, but i have no dvd burner, so what i was thinking of doing was to put the hard drive i want to install it onto in a usb enclosure, mount the iso image as a virtual drive, and somehow run the installation while the drive is mounted and install onto the usb drive?

    However, this wont work, since to install an o/s you normally need to boot from a cd or dvd drive, anyone have any suggestions on how i could accomplish this?

    feel free to ask for a better explanation if you dont understand what i mean, it's hard to explain clearly.


Comments

  • #2
    irlrobins
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,541 ✭✭✭irlrobins


    What OS is it?


  • #3
    esquier
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 320 ✭✭esquier


    Extract the contents of the dvd with Isobuster.

    http://www.freetodownload.com/download-ISO-Buster.html


  • #4
    kdouglas
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,414 ✭✭✭kdouglas


    irlrobins: it's os X

    esquier: reading the contents of the dvd arent a problem, i can mount it as a virtual drive under windows using alcohol 120%

    basically what i need to do is run the installation while windows is running, or possible find a way to boot from the iso image some other way

    i was thinking of maybe mounting the image on another machine, and booting over a network connection


  • #5
    irlrobins
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,541 ✭✭✭irlrobins


    I'm not 100% sure about legality of this action. So locking thread until I look into it further. PM me any queries.


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