Re: installing debian from USB... IS IT POSSIBLE?
On Thu, 28 Jul 2011 23:12:32 +0200, Per Carlson wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 28, 2011 at 09:15, Scott Ferguson
> <prettyfly.productions@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Yes it's with the official documentation:-
>> http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/i386/ch04.html.en
>
> Where the first sentence reads: "To prepare the USB stick, you will need
> a system where GNU/Linux is already running and where USB is
> supported.". So, to install Debian from an USB-stick you need a system
> where Debian (for example) is installed. Smells recursion here :-)
>
> IMHO there should be some hints what to do if the user currently is
> running something else than GNU/Linux, like Windows or OS X.
Well, there are ways, but the best bet for most will be to download, burn
*and checksum* a live CD or a netinst CD, and boot from that.
But the OP in this particular thread would be well advised to stick to
Windoze.
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