Re: installation from hd?

On Thu, 26 Jul 2007 13:46:33 +0300, DL wrote:

Hello,

I intend to install debian on a laptop but I only have wireless and cd
as the only media options. I have already partitioned my hd and I wanted
to ask if it is possible to download debian isoŽs to one partition and
install from there. I could only find the netinst cd but this will not
work with my wireless!

Yes. You can install Debian of the hard drive partition; however, you
must take care that that partition is not part of the installed system.
Otherwise, the disk image may be overwritten.

If your laptop will boot of a USB flash drive, you can install Debian off
one of those, too.

Here's a link to the complete installation instructions:

http://www.debian.com/releases/stable/i386/

Now, a question... If you can boot off the CD, why not just install off
the CD? I don't know why you were only able to locate the net install
CD. Here's the link to all of the Debian Mirrors:

http://www.debian.com/CD/http-ftp/

All you'll need is the first 2 CDs for the default GNOME desktop. The
KDE and XFCE desktops, if you prefer either of those instead of GNOME,
each have their own unique first CD.

Stef
.

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