deathwarder Posted February 4, 2007 Share Posted February 4, 2007 Is it possible to install linux from my hdd? It refuses to boot off of my dvd drive because it is connected to a raid controller, so booting off of the hard drive is really my only option. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparda Posted February 4, 2007 Share Posted February 4, 2007 Can't you, temporarily, connect the CD drive directly to the motherboard? Out of Interest: How did you get (I assume) windows on it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deathwarder Posted February 4, 2007 Author Share Posted February 4, 2007 I used a floppy with my raid driver on it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparda Posted February 4, 2007 Share Posted February 4, 2007 How did you load the windows installer if you can't boot from CD? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deathwarder Posted February 4, 2007 Author Share Posted February 4, 2007 Here is what happens. I can boot off of a disk, but once it tries to start the install system, it ceases to see the dvd drive as being on a generic controller. So windows setup boots up enough so I can press F6(I think thats it) to load a 3rd party driver from the disk, at which point it works. Otherwise I get a bsod during setup. With linux, it boots until it says "starting kernel", at which point it freezes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparda Posted February 4, 2007 Share Posted February 4, 2007 Which distribution is this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deathwarder Posted February 4, 2007 Author Share Posted February 4, 2007 Ive tried both kubuntu and dreamlinux. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SomeoneE1se Posted February 5, 2007 Share Posted February 5, 2007 Try Fedora Core 6 and/or SuSe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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