On Wed, Jan 02, 2008 at 10:15:23AM -0800, Rick Dooling wrote:
> Anybody recently installed to an xp machine with no CD drive?
>
> I followed the "easy way" instructions for copying the necessary Etch
> installation files to a USB, but the XP machine would not "see" the
> USB drive.
>
> Then I fol
On Jan 2, 2008 2:07 PM, Andrei Popescu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 02, 2008 at 12:23:33PM -0800, Rick Dooling wrote:
>
> > I've got to try that goodbye microsoft link next time. Looks
> > interesting.
>
> Yeah, but I think you still need admin rights.
You do, but I've yet to find some
On Wed, Jan 02, 2008 at 12:23:33PM -0800, Rick Dooling wrote:
> I've got to try that goodbye microsoft link next time. Looks
> interesting.
Yeah, but I think you still need admin rights.
Regards,
Andrei
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On Jan 2, 2008 10:15 AM, Rick Dooling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Anybody recently installed to an xp machine with no CD drive?
Is it on the network? If so, try visiting
http://www.goodbye-microsoft.com/ on that Windows machine.
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Thank you all.
I stumbled on the correct sequence. After I did install-mbr first, and
THEN zcat the boot.img.gz to the usb it booted from the CD. The way
it's laid out in the installation guide, it looks like you can install
the boot image files and then if it doesn't boot, fix it by doing
instal
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Have you considered using the Debian bootstrap system?
Just point your XP to this site:
http://goodbye-microsoft.com/
Easiest way I can think of without a CD.
Curt-
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On Wed, Jan 02, 2008 at 07:19:12PM +, Nuno Magalhães wrote:
> You can also install from a hard-drive. You'd need to set up the image
> files in your XP partition and make sure the installer sees them
> there... But, you'd need to boot the installer floppies? ;-)
>
> --
> Fica bem, porta-t
On Wed, Jan 02, 2008 at 10:15:23AM -0800, Rick Dooling wrote:
> Anybody recently installed to an xp machine with no CD drive?
>
> I followed the "easy way" instructions for copying the necessary Etch
> installation files to a USB, but the XP machine would not "see" the
> USB drive.
>
> Then I fol
On 01/02/2008 12:15 PM, Rick Dooling wrote:
> I can't really log into the XP machine, the tech fellows just
> installed a separate hard drive and said I could put Debian on it.
> Getting it on there is up to me :)
As Administrator, I guess you mean?
> Any easy way to make the XP machine see the u
Hi.
Are you sure your pc can boot from usb?
> Any easy way to make the XP machine see the usb drive, boot from it,
> and do an install?
I notice that some pc doesn't allow boot from usb, some other allows
that but you must enable the usb boot in bios utility (and set the
correct boot order, of co
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