From: urgrue <urgrue@bulbous.org>
To: "Mário Gamito" <gamito@gmail.com>
Cc: linux-admin@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Live Linux DVD on NTFS
Date: Sun, 15 Feb 2009 19:15:45 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <49984DC1.6010503@bulbous.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4997836A.2040101@gmail.com>
Maybe I didn't understand your needs exactly, but linux can format ntfs
(mkfs.ntfs), so I dont think you need DOS for that part.
Did I understand correctly that you want to install and run linux on
NTFS? I doubt that's even possible...
Mário Gamito wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have to create a bootable Live DVD that contains 4 or 5 different
> distros Live CD ISOs images.
>
> Let's say:
>
> Live DVD | -> ISO of Linux distro Live CD 1
> | -> ISO of Linux distro Live CD 2
> | -> ISO of Linux distro Live CD 3
> | -> ISO of Linux distro Live CD 4
>
> The ideia is upon the DVD boot, the user may boot one of the Live ISO CD
> distro, run it normally and eventualy, install it in the HD by it's own
> process.
>
> Now the big issue:
>
> --------------------------------------------------------------------
> 1) The hard drive of the computers to install the Live DVD don't have
> nothing. They are not even formated;
>
> 2) The filesystem *must be NTFS* and the distros must be able to install
> over it;
>
> 3) Having Windows pre installed *is not an option*, *but some DOS
> emulator that supports NTFS is*;
> --------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Please, don't ask the whys for NTFS. This is for my job and not an easy
> task, even for someone who plays along Linux for years.
>
> I've googled a lot, saw DOSEMU, FreeDOS (doesn't support NTFS, FAT32 at
> the maximum), etc., lots of stuff.
> But I'd also like to hear some feedback on this issue from you gurus.
>
> My question to you would be how to start:
>
> A tool - perhaps something that starts by formating the HD in NTFS ?
> Something like FreeDOS but supporting NTFS ?
>
> Using only Linux tools is an option, obviously.
>
> Any partition at all that's not NTFS is not :(
>
> Any help would be appreciated.
>
> Warm Regards,
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prev parent reply other threads:[~2009-02-15 17:15 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2009-02-15 2:52 Live Linux DVD on NTFS Mário Gamito
2009-02-15 10:17 ` Glynn Clements
2009-02-15 17:15 ` urgrue [this message]
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