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I have Ubuntu 14.04 and I want to install FreeBSD,SUSE or which distro is possible but I need to do this without any USB Install or DVD.

Actually I'm looking for something like wubi but as I said before I'm on Ubuntu and I do not have any other kind of os. Is this possible ? Is there wubi for linux ?

terdon
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  • The FreeBSD filesystem cannot reside next to the ExtFS. Read [this Ubuntu Wiki on Grub2 ISO Boot](https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Grub2/ISOBoot) for how to add an ISO Menu Entry to the Grub2 Menu – eyoung100 Oct 30 '14 at 16:21
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    Just a clarification: FreeBSD is not a Linux distribution, it's a UNIX. Well, UNIX-like, strictly speaking, but not Linux anyway. – terdon Oct 30 '14 at 16:22
  • You can do this by adding an entry pointing to the local ISO to your bootloader. See these Q&As and the linked duplicate for more details: [How to boot live iso images?](http://askubuntu.com/q/141940) [grub: boot from ISO](http://superuser.com/q/154133). If you can't get it to work, please please post a new question explaining what you've done and how it is failing. – terdon Oct 30 '14 at 16:34
  • Directly from your installed distro is possible too but the exact way depends on the distribution. See [Archlinux](https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Install_from_Existing_Linux), [Debian](https://www.debian.org/releases/lenny/i386/apds03.html.en), [Gentoo](http://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Installation_alternatives#Installing_Gentoo_from_an_existing_Linux_distribution) ... The general idea is create your partition, get a base system on it, chroot to finish installing and configuring things. – Leiaz Oct 30 '14 at 16:35

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Vivian, you can easily do this by using VirtualBox or any kind of virtualization software. You will need to download the iso files to do this of course. I have included a link that shows (with images) how to install VirtualBox and use an ISO to create a virtual OS. Please look here.

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  • Thank you for attention but I forgot to mention that, I don't want to use vmware or virtual box, I just looking for Installer from linux. – Vivian Maya Oct 30 '14 at 16:15
  • Ok, but without a USB or DVD to create a disk-image, I dont think it would be possible.. – ryekayo Oct 30 '14 at 16:16
  • yes, you might be right, but if there is way that will be very usefull at least for me. – Vivian Maya Oct 30 '14 at 16:19
  • I agree. it would be a cool concept to look into, but as I mentioned, the closest I have seen to that is using virtualization software. – ryekayo Oct 30 '14 at 16:20
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    @ryekayo of course it's possible, you just need to get GRUB to boot from a local ISO. – terdon Oct 30 '14 at 16:23
  • Let me retract that then, I found this link which concurs what terdon says: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1549847 – ryekayo Oct 30 '14 at 16:33