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======== Installation with an ISO file on hard disk =========
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Some CD drives have problems to handle the isolinux data format and cannot
boot from a Linux CD at all. In this case you can install DeLi directly from
a harddisk with a editable boot loader if you can manage to copy some files 
from DeLi's ISO file to this hard disk.
For further informations read **man mount**, **man lilo.conf** or **info grub**

Here is an instruction for this kind of installtion using a quiet simple 
configuration. You can find (and provide !!!) variations at the end of the page.
Let's assume the following situation :
  * we have a working Linux installation with **lilo** as bootloader on /dev/hda1
  * we want to install DeLi-0.8.0-full on partition /dev/hda4

Minimum requirements of free disk space  are 260 MB for the ISO file + 250 MB for the /pkg directory = 510 MB on /dev/hda1 and up to ca. 750 MB for the completely installed "full" ISO on /dev/hda4. Of course, you must be root.
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  * (if necessary) shrink at first the old partition according to http://www.howtoforge.com/linux_resizing_ext3_partitions , create the /dev/hda4 partition and format it with Linux
  * put (somehow) the ISO file deli-0.8.0-full.iso in the top level directory "/" of /dev/hda1
  * loop-mount the file with the command **mount /deli-0.8.0-full.iso /mnt -t iso9660 -o loop**
  * copy the whole directory /mnt/pkg into the top level directory of /dev/hda1
  * copy the files /mnt/isolinux/bzImage and /mnt/isolinux/initrd.gz into the top level directory of /dev/hda4
  * make sure both files have "executable" permission for root
  * edit the lilo.conf file of your working Linux installation and add the new section : 
                
           root   = /dev/hda4
           label  = "Deli install"
           image  = /bzImage
           initrd = /initrd.gz
           append = "load_ramdisk=1 prompt_ramdisk=0 ramdisk_size=6464 rw root=/dev/ram"

   * save lilo.conf and run **lilo**
   * reboot your PC and choose "Deli install" at the boot prompt
The DeLi installation image should be loaded and you should see a message like "use deliinstall and Good luck". 
  * run **deliinstall** 
  * choose the keyboard layout
  * then you will be asked, whether the program should search for a CD. Answer **NO**
  * now give the device name of the source partition with the /pkg directory in the top level. In this example it is /dev/hda1
  * choose the target partition -- in this example it is /dev/hda4 -- and let it get formatted
  * answer the question about SCSI and the unprivileged user
  * choose "skip it" at the question about lilo
Now DeLi should finish the installation.
  * reboot your PC
  * edit your lilo.conf file and change the DeLi section to
        
            root   = /dev/hda4
            label  = "Deli 0.8.0"
            image  = /boot/vmlinuz  


  * save lilo.conf and run **lilo**
  * reboot again and boot with "DeLi 0.8.0" and have fun
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===== Variations =====
-- the root=/dev/xxx is the device where the bzImage + initrd.gz are
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-- use image = <full-path>/bzImage(initrd.gz) if you stored them elsewhere
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-- if you use grub instead of lilo as bootloader, the section of the menu.list file would be :
     
     title "DeLi install"
     root (hd0,3)
     kernel /bzImage load_ramdisk=1 prompt_ramdisk=0 ramdisk_size=6464 rw root=/dev/ram
     initrd /initrd.gz

-- depending on your working Linux installation, you must modify the kernel parameters, e.g. replace   /dev/ram by /dev/ramdisk or other things
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-- you can use for the initial booting a Windows partition instead of a Linux partition as only the lilo.conf/menu.list files are important; however, the source partition with the /pkg directory should be a Linux partition as several users reported problems with truncated file names in case of using a Windows partition
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-- if you want to shrink a Windows partition to get the disk space for DeLi, run **scandisk** and **defrag** before you resize the partition
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-- I haven't tested it, but I think it should be possible to use instead the working Linux partition a floppy with a bootmanager for the initial booting; in the directory /isolinux/sbootmgr you can find a file **sbootmgr.dsk** to use for the creation of a boot disk (see the README for instructions). Of course, you must put lilo somewhere (I recommend the MBR) instead of skipping this.
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-- if you don't have a (working) CD drive but an internet connection try to do a floppy installation with netconfig and delinetinstall of DeLi 0.7.2 and then use this as the base Linux installation for DeLi 0.8.0. A minimal installation of DeLi 0.7.2 with delibase.tgz + net + ap applications and without the GUI stuff is enough in this case.
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