Hi all,
I just joined the list last evening.
I have a very unusual install issue with debian, frankly wish there
was someone local to Toronto to help, but perhaps I can get enough
wisdom here to solve the problem.
I will be as detailed as I can, feel free to ask though if you need to
know more. The details are rather tightly focused.
Here is the situation.
I have a complete set of squeeze images in DVD, I do mean complete.
I have no network connection in the computer I am installing debian
on, so wish to install all of these images, so as not to need to
update any packages. Better more debian than I might need, than not
enough.
While I have an external DVD drive, the machine will not allow me to
boot from the usb port.
I do have a cd drive in the computer from which I can boot just fine.
In an effort to have speech, I experience sight loss, I had someone
burn the first boot disc for wheezy its a test image, on cd for me.
I was told that there would be a way to start the install with wheezy
from cd, but finish from the desired squeeze images, in short install
squeeze instead of wheezy.
That bit of information does not seem to be correct, or at least the
method to accomplish this was not shared correctly.
I will have extra help tomorrow morning so want to start this
process. I have been waiting several years to try debian, and now
that I have some hardware and the DVD images, I really wish to move
forward on this without wasting the images I already have.
I must start with the cd, its the only way to boot.
I might add that there is no other operating system on the computer I
am using for the installation.
so...how can I start the install with the bootable wheezy test cd
image I have, but change the boot priority in a way that lets me
install squeeze from the external DVD drive I have here?
Thanks for your ideas,
Karen