Bug#762426: setup.exe does work, it just pops up an extra browser window
Package: installation-guide
Severity: wishlist
Regarding
! 5.1.2. Booting from Windows
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! To start the installer from Windows, you can either
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! obtain CD-ROM/DVD-ROM or USB memory stick installation media as described in Section 4.1, “Official Debian GNU/Linux CD/DVD-ROM Sets” respective Section 4.3, “Preparing Files for USB Memory Stick Booting” or
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! download a standalone Windows executable, which is available as tools/win32-loader/stable/win32-loader.exe on the Debian mirrors,
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! If you use an installation CD or DVD, a pre-installation program should be launched automatically when you insert the disc. In case Windows does not start it automatically, or if you are using a USB memory stick, you can run it manually by accessing the device and executing setup.exe.
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! After the program has been started, a few preliminary questions will be asked and the system will be prepared to reboot into the Debian GNU/Linux installer.
Please change that last line to:
After the program has been started, a few preliminary questions will be
asked and then a browser (Internet Explorer) will be launched with some
documentation, whereupon the user should note the program didn't fail!:
_there are remaining questions in their window that are still there_ and
can be selected from the bar at the bottom of the screen and then only
after filling them all out the system will be prepared to reboot into
the Debian GNU/Linux installer.
At least that's how it was when I used a 2010 installation disk I had
lying around last week.
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