Only thing I can think of I think Ubuntu has one but I don't know if it's actually a installer or just lets your run the Distro live in Windows.
Shane On Fri, Mar 1, 2013 at 9:33 PM, Mark Filipak <markfilipak.li...@gmail.com>wrote: > On 2013/3/1 10:51 PM, Mark Filipak wrote: > >> On 2013/3/1 10:39 PM, Mark Filipak wrote: >> >>> On 2013/3/1 10:03 PM, green wrote: >>> >>>> Shane Johnson wrote at 2013-03-01 20:53 -0600: >>>> >>>>> On Fri, Mar 1, 2013 at 7:17 PM, Mark Filipak < >>>>> markfilipak.li...@gmail.com>**wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> During the Debian installation (to USB thumb drive or USB hard drive), >>>>>> when it goes to install GRUB, it fails. >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> To help further with this, we will need clarification on the error you >>>>> are >>>>> getting from the grub install. There are many reasons it can fail and >>>>> without specifics, we can't assist. >>>>> >>>> >>>> Assuming you are using the standard Debian installer in text mode, you >>>> may want to check for more details about the failure by pressing >>>> Alt+F4 (I think it is 4, rather than 2 or 3) immediately after the >>>> installer gives the error (Alt+F1 returns you to the installer). >>>> >>> >>> I'm running the Debian installer that's built into a Debian Live ISO >>> image that's been raw written (dd) to a USB flash drive. Thus, I'm not >>> running it from a command line. I boot the USB flash drive and click on the >>> desktop icon identified as the Debian Installer. I do not do any >>> prepartitioning or preformatting except upon retry after a failure. When I >>> retry after a failure, the live OS automounts the target's existing >>> partitions (that had been created during the previous try). I found that >>> unmounting those existing partitions doesn't work. I have to run the >>> installer, delete the partitions, then reboot, then rerun the installer. >>> >>> I have no idea what problem the GRUB installer encounters. I have no >>> opportunity to press Alt+F4 as the installer automatically runs full-screen >>> and I can't get back to the LXDE desktop until I back out of the installer >>> and quit. >>> >>> Hmmm... Perhaps I can press Alt+F4 when the error occurs. I wasn't >>> instructed to do that, and I don't know what Alt+F4 does since I'm not a >>> Linux user, but I can try it. I'll quit Windows, reboot to USB, and try >>> it.... stay tuned... I'll be right back. >>> >> >> I'm back. Things have changed. When I booted Debian Live, it wouldn't >> recognize the USB hard drive when I plugged it in. I quit, rebooted >> Windows, and looked at it with Disk Manager. The USB hard drive is there >> with all its partitions. I'll boot back to Debian Live and try again, but >> I'd say that something Debian has broken. We'll see, eh? >> Stay tuned. I'll be right back. >> > > Shane, > > I'm back. When the GRUB install failed I pressed Alt+F4. The Debian > Installer disappeared and I was immediately back to the LWDE desktop. I > tried Alt+F4 there and nothing happened. > > Is there a Debian installer that runs in Windows? > > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to > debian-user-REQUEST@lists.**debian.org<debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org>with > a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > listmas...@lists.debian.org > Archive: > http://lists.debian.org/**5131810f.3010...@gmail.com<http://lists.debian.org/5131810f.3010...@gmail.com> > > -- Shane D. Johnson IT Administrator Rasmussen Equipment
