(putting your reply back on the list) On Fri, Nov 04, 2011 at 03:42:47AM -0700, rose perry wrote: > oh vmware used to load the os. > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Selim T. Erdogan <se...@alumni.cs.utexas.edu> > To: rose perry <v0r...@att.net> > Cc: "debian-user@lists.debian.org" <debian-user@lists.debian.org> > Sent: Thursday, November 3, 2011 2:02 PM > Subject: Re: Can I insall from xp partition? > > rose perry, 2.11.2011: > > Hello I'm trying to install debian but the debian installer from goodbye > > microsoft does not work, Because > > my network card requires Firmware. Nothing seems to work for me. So Im > > going to try and dl a cd or 2 to > > > > get it working, And install from XP if this is possible please let me > > know. Maybe freeware version of VMware? > > But I think I remember this was possible without vmware? As long as you > > had the data on xp. > > I have no cd's or dvd's or usb keys. Im in the hospital with a broken leg > > and got another month or 2 here. > > I got other complications too. So Im looking for a way to install debian > > the old fashion way. But > > I can't remember how. Any Advice or any thing would be greatly > > appreciated. > > I installed straight from MS Windows for somebody once. It involved > downloading some files to the hard drive (in MS Windows), putting them > in a certain place, and then running an exe file. Can't remember the > exact details since it's been quite a while but AFAICR I just followed > instructions in the Debian installation manual. > > Looking around, I see that > http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/i386/ch05s01.html.en#boot-win32 > has instructions. It sounds like you need to download > an installation image (iso file), which will contain the necessary files > (setup.exe and others). I'm not sure how straightforward it is to get > those files from the iso without writing it to a cd or usb stick, but > somebody else might have suggestions on that. > > About the firmware, if you can obtain the necessary files, maybe you can > try copying it to the same place on the the hard drive that you copy > the Debian installation stuff to. > > I'm not sure what you mean by doing this with/without vmware.
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