yossarian Posted November 17, 2009 Report Share Posted November 17, 2009 Hi all, After unsuccessful upgrade from 2009.1 to 2010.0, I need to run the Free DVD and try to re-install. Since I don't have a DVD drive, I need to boot from a Mandrive boot CD and from there I'll try to install from the USB thumb drive. Does anyone know where I can find the Mandriva bootable iso? I've been searching on some Mandriva repositories and couldn't find any. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverSurfer60 Posted November 17, 2009 Report Share Posted November 17, 2009 Isn't Mandriva One 2010.0 a down-loadable cd .iso from the Mandriva website? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yossarian Posted November 17, 2009 Author Report Share Posted November 17, 2009 Of course it is, but how can I proceed with the installation from the thumb drive once I've booted from One CD? I'm only aware of the option to do a fresh install from One. I remember I once had a small (~50MB) bootable disc from which I could boot into text menu, and then I was asked to point to the iso file from which I wanted to do the rest of the boot. Then the rest of the installation continued from that file. That's what I'm looking for. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverSurfer60 Posted November 17, 2009 Report Share Posted November 17, 2009 Will your computer boot from a USB device? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yossarian Posted November 18, 2009 Author Report Share Posted November 18, 2009 Unfortunately no. The computer is a bit old and the BIOS does not support this feature. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K Bergen Posted November 18, 2009 Report Share Posted November 18, 2009 I see a boot.iso in install/images, that might work. ftp://distrib-coffee.ipsl.jussieu.fr/pub/linux/MandrivaLinux/official/2010.0/i586/install/images/ Ken Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yossarian Posted November 18, 2009 Author Report Share Posted November 18, 2009 Yes, that's what I've been looking for. For some reason the server does not respond so I can't download the file. I'll look for it on other mirrors. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jkerr82508 Posted November 18, 2009 Report Share Posted November 18, 2009 If you have the DVD iso, then the boot.iso is available in the DVD iso. (in /i586/install/images). Just mount the DVD iso and navigate to the appropriate directory. Jim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yossarian Posted November 18, 2009 Author Report Share Posted November 18, 2009 Thanks for the tip, I wasn't aware of it. In the meanwhile I downloaded the file from the mirrors (and trying to run it as I write this message from another computer), but I'll try to remember it for next time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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