Douglas Allan Tutty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, Mar 28, 2007 at 01:44:07PM +0800, Ken Hu wrote: > > Dear All: > > > > I found myself in a strange situation. > > The dvd rom of my notebook is broken(can not read anything), and > > there's no other removable devices like floppy or usb pen that can > > be used on that notebook. > > The only way I can boot is from the existed WindowsXP on 1 of my 2 > > partitions. > > > > So , if I want to install debian on the other partition , what can I > > do ? > > I just want to know is this the end that I should not go any > > further to find some solutions ? > > > > Just do a standard hd-media install. The kernel, initrd, and > netinst.iso get put on the partition you want to keep (windoze), but > the trick is booting. I've never run 'doze so don't know how to > operate its boot loader.
IMHO the http://goodbye-microsoft.com option is much easier/cleaner/whatever, but for completeness and archives sake ... ... it is possible to boot with grub through ntldr (Windows bootloader). I used this method in the past to boot Knoppix iso's. This method however relied on a modified initrd (and kernel?) and is described here http://www.knoppix.net/wiki/Win_Partition . I'm sure it can be used to boot the debian-installer, but whether this has already been implemented or you need to hack initrd and/or kernel for this, I don't know. Google should know more about this. Regards, Andrei -- If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough. (Albert Einstein) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
