Re: windows download

2007-04-30 Thread Tim Casey
is there a wizard for adding another hard disk to the grub boot list? On 4/30/07, Tim Casey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: it already has windows on it On 4/30/07, Roberto C. Sánchez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Sun, Apr 29, 2007 at 09:23:22PM -0500, Tim Casey wrote: > > another question

Re: windows download

2007-04-30 Thread Joe Hart
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Tim Casey wrote: > it already has windows on it > [snip] Then add this to the bottom of your /boot/grub/menu.lst title Windows (hda1) root (hd0,0) chainloader +1 makeactive Of course, if hda1 is not your windows drive, then you will need to modify

Re: windows download

2007-04-30 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Mon, Apr 30, 2007 at 11:31:49AM -0500, Tim Casey wrote: > it already has windows on it please don't top-post. you may have to remap the drives for windows. It doesn't like being on anything but the first partition of the first drive (kind of a prima dona that way...). map (hd0) (hd1) map (hd

Re: windows download

2007-04-30 Thread Tim Casey
it already has windows on it On 4/30/07, Roberto C. Sánchez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Sun, Apr 29, 2007 at 09:23:22PM -0500, Tim Casey wrote: > another questioncan another hard drive be loaded into he > grubloader and how is it done? I checked the man pages and the manual and >

Re: windows download

2007-04-30 Thread Roberto C . Sánchez
On Sun, Apr 29, 2007 at 09:23:22PM -0500, Tim Casey wrote: > another questioncan another hard drive be loaded into he > grubloader and how is it done? I checked the man pages and the manual and > could find nothing. > Yes. You just need to tell it the device name of the partition on t

Re: windows download

2007-04-29 Thread Alan Ianson
On Sunday 29 April 2007 19:26, Tim Casey wrote: > how do you get into grub to add another hard drive to the boot list or do > ineed to add lilo or something? Ps the drive is a seperate drive with > windows on it /boot/grub/menu.lst is where your grub config is, lots of comments in there. Don't me

Re: windows download

2007-04-29 Thread Tim Casey
how do you get into grub to add another hard drive to the boot list or do ineed to add lilo or something? Ps the drive is a seperate drive with windows on it maranatha On 4/18/07, Tim Casey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Thanks and your right about the verse. On 4/18/07, Roberto C. Sánchez <[EMAI

Re: windows download

2007-04-29 Thread Tim Casey
another questioncan another hard drive be loaded into he grubloader and how is it done? I checked the man pages and the manual and could find nothing. maranatha On 4/18/07, Tim Casey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Thanks and your right about the verse. On 4/18/07, Roberto C. Sánchez

Re: windows download

2007-04-19 Thread Johannes Wiedersich
Joe Hart wrote: > Johannes Wiedersich wrote: [snip] >> Thinking more about it, I actually like the idea of a site like this, >> sponsored by micro$oft: >> They would develop a deb-package with software in it to pack a >> microsoft-installer to ext3, reiserfs, xfs etc. The installer would have >> th

Re: windows download

2007-04-19 Thread Joe Hart
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Johannes Wiedersich wrote: > Sjoerd Hiemstra wrote: >> Johannes Wiedersich wrote: >>> Joe Hart wrote: Personally, I don't know why they both need to exist, but that's beside the point. What is the point is that one no longer needs to do

Re: windows download

2007-04-19 Thread Johannes Wiedersich
Johannes Wiedersich wrote: > But I'd have no problem with a site like that and I don't have a problem > if someone says goodbye to debian. Err, I meant to write: I don't have a problem if someone says goodbye to debian, except if it is one of our excellent developers, bug fixers, release managers,

Re: windows download

2007-04-19 Thread Johannes Wiedersich
Sjoerd Hiemstra wrote: > Johannes Wiedersich wrote: >> Joe Hart wrote: >>> Personally, I don't know why they both need to exist, but that's >>> beside the point. What is the point is that one no longer needs to >>> download and burn a CD if they want to convert from Windows to >>> Debian. >> The m

Re: windows download

2007-04-19 Thread Sjoerd Hiemstra
Johannes Wiedersich wrote: > Joe Hart wrote: > > Personally, I don't know why they both need to exist, but that's > > beside the point. What is the point is that one no longer needs to > > download and burn a CD if they want to convert from Windows to > > Debian. > > The more there exist, the bet

Re: windows download

2007-04-19 Thread Johannes Wiedersich
Joe Hart wrote: > Well, comparing the two sites, the http://goodbye-microsoft.com is > simpler to follow, but http://www.goodbye-windows.com gives a lot more > detail in what the debian.exe will do. My question was targeted along the lines "do their different debian.exe's differ?" or "Will they in

Re: windows download

2007-04-18 Thread Joe Hart
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Johannes Wiedersich wrote: > Joe Hart wrote: >> Tim Casey wrote: >>> will a cd downloaded and burned on a windows machine boot? >> >> If you mean a debian-install cd that you downloaded and burned using >> windows, yet it should work. You could just g

Re: windows download

2007-04-18 Thread Tim Casey
Thanks and your right about the verse. On 4/18/07, Roberto C. Sánchez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Wed, Apr 18, 2007 at 12:21:04PM -0500, Tim Casey wrote: > will a cd downloaded and burned on a windows machine boot? > Yes, as long as you choose "burn as image" or something similar in your CD b

Re: windows download

2007-04-18 Thread Johannes Wiedersich
Joe Hart wrote: > Tim Casey wrote: >> will a cd downloaded and burned on a windows machine boot? > > > If you mean a debian-install cd that you downloaded and burned using > windows, yet it should work. You could just go to > > http://www.goodbye-windows.com > > and bypass the burning altogeth

Re: windows download

2007-04-18 Thread Amy Templeton
Tim Casey wrote: > will a cd downloaded and burned on a windows machine boot? Provided you can actually burn an ISO image to a CD properly using Windows software. I managed to find a Windows-equivalent-of-a-command-line utility to do this the first time I installed a Linux distribution (in the sad

Re: windows download

2007-04-18 Thread Michael Pobega
On Wed, Apr 18, 2007 at 12:21:04PM -0500, Tim Casey wrote: > will a cd downloaded and burned on a windows machine boot? http://goodbye-microsoft.com/ is your best option in this case. I've personally never installed with it, but I had a friend who did it and he said everything worked flawlessly. J

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2007-04-18 Thread Emmanuele Massimi
On 18/04/07, Tim Casey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: will a cd downloaded and burned on a windows machine boot? As long as it's burned as a CD image it will. I also suggest you to burn it at a low speed and to test it.

Re: windows download

2007-04-18 Thread Joe Hart
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Tim Casey wrote: > will a cd downloaded and burned on a windows machine boot? > If you mean a debian-install cd that you downloaded and burned using windows, yet it should work. You could just go to http://www.goodbye-windows.com and bypass the bu

Re: windows download

2007-04-18 Thread Celejar
On Wed, 18 Apr 2007 12:21:04 -0500 "Tim Casey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > will a cd downloaded and burned on a windows machine boot? Yes, if done correctly. Celejar -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: windows download

2007-04-18 Thread Roberto C . Sánchez
On Wed, Apr 18, 2007 at 12:21:04PM -0500, Tim Casey wrote: > will a cd downloaded and burned on a windows machine boot? > Yes, as long as you choose "burn as image" or something similar in your CD burning software. That is, the .iso file that you download will be an image of a CD. If you burn ju

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2007-04-18 Thread Tim Casey
will a cd downloaded and burned on a windows machine boot? -- For all who call upon the name of the Lord Shall be saved.Romans 10:14b