Re: Can I insall from xp partition?
Selim T. Erdogan, 4.11.2011:
> (putting your reply back on the list)
>
> On Fri, Nov 04, 2011 at 03:42:47AM -0700, rose perry wrote:
> > oh vmware used to load the os.
If you mean using vmware somehow to load debian directly onto the hw,
that I don't know about. If you mean installing a virtual machine
like vmware onto windows xp, and then installing debian within this
vm, that's possible. A couple of months ago I installed VirtualBox
(virtualbox.org) on Windows and installed Debian squeeze into it.
(This was MS Windows 7, I think, but it shouldn't be a problem with XP.)
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Selim T. Erdogan <selim@alumni.cs.utexas.edu>
> > To: rose perry <v0rtek@att.net>
> > Cc: "debian-user@lists.debian.org" <debian-user@lists.debian.org>
> > Sent: Thursday, November 3, 2011 2:02 PM
> > Subject: Re: Can I insall from xp partition?
> >
> > rose perry, 2.11.2011:
> > > Hello I'm trying to install debian but the debian installer from goodbye microsoft does not work, Because
> > > my network card requires Firmware. Nothing seems to work for me. So Im going to try and dl a cd or 2 to
> > >
> > > get it working, And install from XP if this is possible please let me know. Maybe freeware version of VMware?
> > > But I think I remember this was possible without vmware? As long as you had the data on xp.
> > > I have no cd's or dvd's or usb keys. Im in the hospital with a broken leg and got another month or 2 here.
> > > I got other complications too. So Im looking for a way to install debian the old fashion way. But
> > > I can't remember how. Any Advice or any thing would be greatly appreciated.
> >
> > I installed straight from MS Windows for somebody once. It involved
> > downloading some files to the hard drive (in MS Windows), putting them
> > in a certain place, and then running an exe file. Can't remember the
> > exact details since it's been quite a while but AFAICR I just followed
> > instructions in the Debian installation manual.
> >
> > Looking around, I see that
> > http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/i386/ch05s01.html.en#boot-win32
> > has instructions. It sounds like you need to download
> > an installation image (iso file), which will contain the necessary files
> > (setup.exe and others). I'm not sure how straightforward it is to get
> > those files from the iso without writing it to a cd or usb stick, but
> > somebody else might have suggestions on that.
> >
> > About the firmware, if you can obtain the necessary files, maybe you can
> > try copying it to the same place on the the hard drive that you copy
> > the Debian installation stuff to.
> >
> > I'm not sure what you mean by doing this with/without vmware.
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