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Re: How can I install an amd64 to my new bought Laptop/



On Mon, Jul 16, 2012 at 1:13 AM, Claudius Hubig <debian_1207@chubig.net> wrote:
> Hello Benimaur,
>
> Benimaur Gao <benimaur@gmail.com> wrote:
>> OK.
>> 1. I dd the netinst iso to a flash disk & boot the machine with it.
>> 2. I try to rsync the whole system to my new machine
>> by "rsync -av /* --exclude={/home/user/*,/sys/*,/dev/*,/proc/*,/mnt/*}
>
> If you simply want to copy your old system onto the new machine, why
> do you need the netinstall images? It might lack some proper hardware
> detection and is meant for other uses (though it can usually also
> work as you intend it to do).

yeah, I just want a working linux environment...
Where can I get a more comprehensive livecd? and what's the proper way
to create a bootable usb if without dd?
I know zcat works for *.img, I want to know the method to play with iso.

>
> I’d suggest using either some of the many live CDs with good hardware
> detection or the i386 netinstall which appears to work fine to you.
> It should be able to chroot into your system just as well (assuming
> it’s an i386 system).
>
> If you, for some reason, decide to stick with the amd64 netinstall
> CD, I suggest you try the various boot parameters to disable specific
> options/enable hardware quirks.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Claudius
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