Re: how to install debian if I can "only" boot from harddisk ?

Douglas Allan Tutty <dtutty@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

On Wed, Mar 28, 2007 at 01:44:07PM +0800, Ken Hu wrote:
Dear All:

I found myself in a strange situation.
The dvd rom of my notebook is broken(can not read anything), and
there's no other removable devices like floppy or usb pen that can
be used on that notebook.
The only way I can boot is from the existed WindowsXP on 1 of my 2
partitions.

So , if I want to install debian on the other partition , what can I
do ?
I just want to know is this the end that I should not go any
further to find some solutions ?


Just do a standard hd-media install. The kernel, initrd, and
netinst.iso get put on the partition you want to keep (windoze), but
the trick is booting. I've never run 'doze so don't know how to
operate its boot loader.

IMHO the http://goodbye-microsoft.com option is much
easier/cleaner/whatever, but for completeness and archives sake ...

... it is possible to boot with grub through ntldr (Windows bootloader).
I used this method in the past to boot Knoppix iso's. This method
however relied on a modified initrd (and kernel?) and is described here
http://www.knoppix.net/wiki/Win_Partition . I'm sure it can be used to
boot the debian-installer, but whether this has already been
implemented or you need to hack initrd and/or kernel for this, I don't
know. Google should know more about this.

Regards,
Andrei
--
If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough.
(Albert Einstein)


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