installation from hd?

DL · External Since: Jul 26, 2007 Posts: 2

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
iso´s to one partition and install from
there. I could only find the netinst cd but this will not work with my
wireless!

Dimitris

HASM · External Since: Aug 07, 2005 Posts: 103

"DL" <dilog RemoveThis @ath.forthnet.gr> writes:

> I wanted to ask if it is possible to download debian iso´s to one
> partition and install from there.

Adapt the instructions here for your case:
http://www.bobpeers.com/linux/hard_drive_install
I installed f7 modifying the described fc6 procedure accordingly.

-- HASM

Maya · External Since: Jul 27, 2007 Posts: 1

On Jul 27, 1:22 am, HASM <not_rea....TakeThisOut@comcast.net> wrote:
> "DL" <di....TakeThisOut@ath.forthnet.gr> writes:
> > I wanted to ask if it is possible to download debian iso´s to one
> > partition and install from there.
>
> Adapt the instructions here for your case:
> http://www.bobpeers.com/linux/hard_drive_install
> I installed f7 modifying the described fc6 procedure accordingly.

Would you recommend installing FC7 from a live CD or a hard
drive?
>
> -- HASM

Stefan Patric · External Since: Apr 15, 2004 Posts: 153

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 isoÅ½s 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

DL · External Since: Jul 26, 2007 Posts: 2

Many thanks to all. I first saw the 21 CDs in the Debian distribution and
this was really discouraging. I couldn´t
imagine that for ex. the kde cd was an installation disk I could use, or I
could use only the first two gnome cds, now I know!
I finally managed to half-install Ubuntu, because in the middle suddenly it
hang, but then I used the rescue disk of
Fedora and managed to read the dvd ISO of it after installing it on a fat32
partition. Now at least I have a working linux with dual booting and I can
further install debian or whatever.
Dimitris

"Stefan Patric" <tootek2.TakeThisOut@yahoo.com> skrev i meddelandet
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>
> 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 isoZs 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