Is this possible? I mean how can i do this i hope it is but i couldnt. In more detail, I want to boot with an image file ( possibly hd.img) and select a hd partition ( this can include the minimum requirement of the Mandrake/ directory tree ex: all the dirs - base, instimage, mdkinst, RPMS but empty RPMS) then mount my cdrom and link the RPMS directory in the hd partition to RPMS dir in the CDROM( by ln -s ...) and go on the installation. I crashed at the linking stage. In order to come there i made a node node /dev/hdc in order to mount my CDROM , copied real executable of mount because the mount in the hd.img is nothing but a perl script and doesnt work, and of course u should insmod isofs before mounting. The images for Mandrake installation are too restrictive , thats too bad i think :( If u can have a idea for installing from a directory ( it can be in hd or mounted to cdrom /Mandrake dir) please tell me.. cdrom.img chouldnt identify my mandrake cdrom .. thats way i am doing these tricks... Please dont say burn a new iso image because i cant do it now and i want to do exactly the above scenerio or something like it... by.. have fun with linux... ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com
