Re: Debian hardware: coping with Windows
On 2024-08-25, Will Mengarini wrote:
> (1) Will an HTTPS download in Windows
> suffice to get me an uncorrupted netinst?
> (Anything I need to know about "binary mode"?)
yes
> (2) What Windows tool will write that netinst to flash?
> Does Windows 10 Home have that tool? Pro? Windows 11?
> (I don't know yet what Windows I'll end up with.)
I don't remember but I could do that. If you don't find a way you could
install cygwin and get unix commands.
> (3) What Windows tool will write that netinst to CD-ROM?
> Does Windows 10 Home have that tool? Pro? Windows 11?
> (I have ancient beige boxes that might boot from CD-ROM
> but not flash; they'd be useful as failsafes.)
windows is shipped with a cd burner
> (4) Will the latest Mordorsoft dual-boot fsckup prevent
> maintaining the Windows installation in its own partition,
> so I have to nuke the only working OS before installing
> Debian? Will that be true of Windows 10 as well as 11?
you will have to install windows as it usually comes with oem image. You
would be able to format a separate partition for your linux and another
for /home if you want
> (5) If I can keep a Windows partition, how big must it be?
depends on your applications from 100Mo to 100To
> (7) I like the strategy of having /home in a separate
> partition, so I can easily upgrade by doing a fresh
> install. What's the minimum size you'd recommend
> for a partition containing / but excluding /home
> and intended to remain usable for the life of an
> SDD, so presumably spanning many Debian releases?
again depends on your applications. remember there is logs, mail/news
spool, etc
> (9) Does Windows have, or can it easily get, an
> SSH client that'll let me shell in to my ISP
> (Eskimo North) before I have Debian running?
cygwin will save you :)
Or get a live debian and do ssh from it
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