Re: installation from HDD
Look at the web instructions to install the system.
Debian is an OS and not a program that can execute under
windows.
hth,
-ishwar
On Wed, 9 Mar 2005, azeem ahmad wrote:
> hi
> infact i have extracted all these files to a hard disk already using winrar
> software on windows platform. it creates the directories like
> debian-30r3-i386-binary-1
> debian-30r3-i386-binary-2
> debian-30r3-i386-binary-3
> debian-30r3-i386-binary-4 etc
> now i dont know how to boot from this hard disk and start the installation.
> the disk on which i have extracted the files isnt bootable or dont contain
> any operating system. so how to boot the system and start installation from
> this hard disk. and do i need to setup any kind of directory structure
> Regards
> Azeem
>
> >From: Maximiliano Combina <maxicombina@gmail.com>
> >To: azeem ahmad <azeem81@msn.com>
> >Subject: Re: installation from HDD
> >Date: Tue, 08 Mar 2005 19:33:48 -0300
> >
> >
> >On Wed, 2005-03-09 at 01:37 +0500, azeem ahmad wrote:
> > > hi all
> > > i have downloaded all the ISO images needed to install debian. now i
> >want to
> > > install debian. the normal way is to burn the CD's and then use them.
> >but i
> > > want to install it from a hard disk. is there any ways that i extract
> >files
> > > from these images copy them to a hard disk and the make that disk
> >bootable
> > > and then install debian from there.
> > > plz help me out.
> > > waiting for ur response
> > > Regards
> > > Azeem
> >I know the part of "extract the files and copy them to the hdd":
> >
> ># mount -o loop file.iso /mnt/disk
> >
> >this will let you see all the contents of file.iso in /mnt/disk. yes!
> >you can see what is inside a .iso ;)
> >then, you can copy the file you want to some other place.
> >
> >maxi
> >--
> >Plantalta random fortune:
> >Un pesimista es un optimista bien informado.
> > (Waldo)
> >
>
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