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Re: How to install from hard disk on ia64 system?



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Stefan Monnier wrote:
>> My cd-rom is not recognized by the debian installer
>> because of the intel 965 chipset on my asus p5b
>> mainboard.  I know there is a way to install from an
>> iso image on the hard drive but I am having problems
>> understanding how to get this to work. I currently
>> have mandriva installed and lots of extra harddrive
>> space for other distrubutions. I'd like to load etch
>> and 64studio which is a debian based multimedia
>> distribution.
> 
>> I believe I need the hd-media version of the debian
>> installer, which I can't find in the ia64 installation
>> manual at
>> http://www.us.debian.org/releases/stable/ia64/.
>> http://http.us.debian.org/debian/dists/etch/main/installer-ia64/current/images/
>> I only see booting from cd-rom and from tftp
>> mentioned.
> 
> Have you tried
> 
>    http://www.goodbye-windows.com/
> 
> ?
> 
>         Stefan
> 
> 

That program on that site is a windows .exe that will download the Etch
net-install for your appropriate architecture and then give you the
opportunity to install Etch on the next boot.  You don't need a CD.

It works well.

Joe
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