sometimes you just wanna try a new linux, but you don't wanna burn it to a cd first, grub can be used to do that. [you need to run these command as root or use sudo in ubuntu]
1. mount the iso:
% mkdir /mnt/iso
% mount -o loop /path-to your-iso/youriso.iso /mnt/iso
2. copy vmlinuz and initrd to the /boot
% cd /mnt/iso/boot
% cp vmlinuz /boot/vmlinuz-yourdistro
% cp initrd.img /boot/initrd-YourDistro.img
3. modify /boot/grub/grub.conf (linked to by /etc/grub.conf)
This assumes that /boot is in the first partition of the first hard drive, usually /dev/hda1
title YourDistro
root(hd0,0)
kernel /vmlinuz-YourDistro
initrd /initrd-YourDistro.img
Now you can reboot your pc and run the live cd.
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All this does is boot the kernel and initrd that's on the iso. You'll need to copy out all the data from the iso.
The instructions are woefully incomplete.
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