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[Daryl Tucker <earthmelon@xxxxxxxxx>]

It is possible to install Ubuntu onto a machine on which you are running
linux by following the instructions on this site:

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Installation/FromLinux

Basically, the target machine will need an extra linux partition to copy the
files to. Mount the CD, copy them over, and then let grub know you've made
some changes.

I hope this helps with what you're trying to achieve, and also suggest you
look into unetbootin if you are unfamiliar with what that is.
On Mar 22, 2011 3:39 AM, "Ofir Klinger" <klinger.ofir@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 22, 2011 at 1:05 AM, Bryce Harrington <bryce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>wrote:
>>
>> The USB environment is a bit unusual in some ways, so installing -fglrx
>> or -nvidia into a LiveUSB persistent storage space is not analogous to
>> installing into a regular hard drive installed environment. And indeed
>> there are various bugs with that process which are particular to it, and
>> not relevant to -nvidia testing in general.
>>
>> (For example, the driver has to update the initrd which in a USB Live
>> environment is stored on the drive in a different way than it would with
>> a regular install; we've seen install fail due to initrd being read
>> only, not having space on the usb drive to write initrd, etc. etc.)
>>
>
> I didn't suggest testing Ubuntu on a Live USB nor Live CD. I just said
that
> I installed Ubuntu
> from a Live USB (instead of the "usual" way using a Live CD).
>
> Maybe I wasn't clear in my first email, so let me try to explain myself.
> I am wondering whether is there a way of installing Ubuntu without burning
a
> CD
> every week (since the testing requires a fresh Ubuntu installation).
>
> So there is the Live USB way, but are there any other, easier ways of
> installing
> Ubuntu? like maybe installing Ubuntu from an existing Ubuntu installation
> (which
> seems to me just like using a Live USB or even a Live CD).
>
> Ofir