On 2013/3/1 2:25 PM, Shane Johnson wrote:
...I had to get a Utility from HP to convert the thumbdrive.
Not needed in this case. The target USB drive did not come with U3. (The 1-GB
USB drive did come with U3, but I removed that years ago.)
I would recommend if you want to truly try Debian and play with it
Actually, I want to use Debian (or really, any Linux) for Internetworking
(browsing and email). Then I can remove networking from Windows - I don't trust
Windows on the Internet.
install
it to another HD or use the partitioning in the installer to split your
existing drive so you can dual boot both Windows and Linux. I wish you the
best of luck.
I don't dare fiddle with my hard disk. It's a Dell laptop that has WinXP
preinstalled without a maintenance partition and I don't have a backup CD. If
the current WinXP gets trashed, I'm hosed. I got my current laptop (used) when
my good-old Toshiba died. In case you're wondering, I do have a license, but
Dell refuses to honor it or to send a CD, even if I pay them. The Dell laptop
is top-of-the-line: Precision M90 of about 2008 vintage. Of course, I'll never
buy a Dell again, not even used.
I'm afraid it's install Linux on a USB thumb drive or nothing. There is one
alternative, but it gets a little complicated...
The Debian Live USB is acting like a CD. That's fine, I can boot from it. But I
can't configure it (different wallpaper, for example) and I can't install
anything (Icedove, for example). Now, if I could install Icedove before the USB
gets written I could probably establish a roaming identity that can actually
reside on the Windows hard disk. Do you know of any way to do that?
Thanks & Ciao - Mark.
--
To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org
with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Archive: http://lists.debian.org/51310bca.5060...@gmail.com
