http://linuxexchange.org/questions/1504/how-to-install-ubuntu-over-http<p>Hi, I am having a situation where I can not use a CD or PxE boot or wubi to install.I need to necessarily do an http install of Ubuntu.I am basically trying to create a guest OS in a virtualization setup on Xen on a non VT hardware.On a non VT hardware the virt-manager does not allow to install from local ISO or PXE even the only option is via a URL on http://</p> <p>Here is what I did<br> 1) Download ubuntu 10.04 32 bit ISO<br> 2) Kept it in /var/www (apache2 is running) </p> <p>3) renamed it to ubuntu.iso</p> <p>and when I reached a stage where installation begins I gave path <a href="http://localhost/ubuntu.iso" rel="nofollow">http://localhost/ubuntu.iso</a> but I got an error any installable distribution not found.</p> <p>4) After this I did</p> <pre><code>mkdir /var/www/sk mount -t iso9660 /var/www/ubuntu.iso /var/www/sk -o loop </code></pre> <p>and this time during the installation I gave path <a href="http://localhost/sk" rel="nofollow">http://localhost/sk</a> I was able to see the contents in browser <a href="http://localhost/sk" rel="nofollow">http://localhost/sk</a> which you will see in a normal CD. But beginning installation I got same error</p> <pre><code>ValueError: Could not find an installable distribution at 'http://localhost/sk </code></pre> <p>So I want to just confirm if http install is done only this way or some other way because the installation is not proceeding.</p>enFri, 20 Jan 2017 15:04:44 -0000