Re: goodbye-microsoft.com Install?
On Sun, 12 May 2013, Carl Fink wrote:
> On Sat, May 11, 2013 at 09:07:36PM -0700, Patrick Bartek wrote:
> > Been reading about this install method, but can't find anything more
> > current than about 4 or 5 years ago. It seems that "goodbye"
> > installs Debian onto Windows' C: drive as a single large file, and
> > that is where it is run from.
> >
> > Has anyone use it more recently? I want to install Debian on
> > partitions completely separate from Windows'.
>
> According to the README
> (http://ftp.nl.debian.org/debian/tools/win32-loader/stable/win32-loader.txt)
> it downloads the Debian kernel and installer, then modifies the
> Windows bootloader to boot off the Debian kernel (optionally). Then
> you run a standard Debian network install, just as if you booted off
> optical media.q
The reviews I read said the same or similar, but an Aussie tech
magazine from 2007 said that after the standard installer starts,
Debian is installed as a single file on the Windows partition--no
partitioning needed.
Guess I'll just have to run a test.
B
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