http://www.osnews.com/story/17086/Debian_Gets_win32_Loader Exploring the Future of Computing en-us Copyright 2001-2009, David Adams adam+nospam@osnews.com Wed, 25 Nov 2009 05:57:17 GMT http://www.osnews.com/images/osnews.gif http://www.osnews.com http://osnews.com/thread?206494 http://osnews.com/thread?206494 the finesse...


...still; it's good to have even more choices. Sun, 28 Jan 2007 02:19:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (JrezIN) Comments http://osnews.com/thread?206515 http://osnews.com/thread?206515 Very nice. Sun, 28 Jan 2007 05:59:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Sphinx) Comments http://osnews.com/thread?206516 http://osnews.com/thread?206516 i'm surprised at the number of people who don't know how to burn an iso and boot their pc from a cd. this would make one less excuse for people not to try linux Sun, 28 Jan 2007 06:21:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (HK47) Comments http://osnews.com/thread?206518 http://osnews.com/thread?206518 only if they are running windows.

What about those poor MacOS users. Sun, 28 Jan 2007 06:35:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (jessta) Comments http://osnews.com/thread?206519 http://osnews.com/thread?206519 I guess it uses the graphical installer also. I recently reinstalled debian64 on my system and used the GUI installer for the first time.

Not bad as one might think. It went without much of any problems.

So this sounds like it could be a good idea for Window users.Edited 2007-01-28 06:42 Sun, 28 Jan 2007 06:40:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (ghostdawg) Comments http://osnews.com/thread?206534 http://osnews.com/thread?206534 Site is already taking a Slashdotting. I'll have to check back later.

Although it's very good idea, hopefully more Linux/BSD's use them.

I'm amazed at how many people burn the ISO to a disc, and not the proper way either.

It's a great idea, looking forward to it some more. Sun, 28 Jan 2007 08:31:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Finchwizard) Comments http://osnews.com/thread?206552 http://osnews.com/thread?206552 Here's a mirror site: http://www.mirrordot.org/stories/f592f4a8f9a66105d885ff7a49228380/i... Sun, 28 Jan 2007 09:41:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (napsy) Comments http://osnews.com/thread?206599 http://osnews.com/thread?206599 mixed views about this, i still cant see how this is going to get a Windows user to use Linux if ubuntu an or debain implement this crap into there distro, i mean whats the point of linux if you got windows look & feel to a unix/linux OS, Sun, 28 Jan 2007 13:27:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Sabz) Comments http://osnews.com/thread?206637 http://osnews.com/thread?206637 sure it is a good idea.... The process itself has been around for a long time - just now we have a friendly front end to it.

I rarely burn a cd anymore. I use the hd-media and install from my harddrive (not windows tho) it seems faster and I do not wear out my CD drive.

I find it funny that we need a nice front-end.exe but I guess it is alright. Not a big fan of making everything so easy that nobody has to learn anything but that may just be me.... Sun, 28 Jan 2007 14:42:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (deanlinkous) Comments http://osnews.com/thread?206647 http://osnews.com/thread?206647 Yes, the headline is misleading.

No, this is not a good excuse for not reading the text and talking crap. Sun, 28 Jan 2007 15:15:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Ford Prefect) Comments http://osnews.com/thread?206659 http://osnews.com/thread?206659 Funny, I was thinking of a virus that would someday do this... Sun, 28 Jan 2007 15:49:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (patrick_) Comments http://osnews.com/thread?206922 http://osnews.com/thread?206922 i don't think a complete newb would be looking to replace their operating system, as they probably don't know what an operating system is.

so this is really for semi-newbs (like me ;-D ). and semi-newbs would want a bit more info than "click here to install Debian Gnu/Linux".

I mean, does it install Debian alongside Windows, or does it wipe off Windows? (after all, it is called "say goodbye to Microsoft"). What about all my data? and a dozen other queries unanswered by their site that make me hesitate to try their "product". which kind of defeats the point of a quick-n-easy way of installing Debian.

And on a completely different point, I can't wait for a Windows installer of Debian GNU/kFreeBSD! Mon, 29 Jan 2007 11:08:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (KLU9) Comments http://osnews.com/thread?206946 http://osnews.com/thread?206946 does it install Debian alongside Windows, or does it wipe off Windows?

Apparently this is just a way of loading the standard "netinst" Debian-Installer without having to burn ISO images to CD-ROM. But you'll need an existing Windows installation.

The debian-boot mailing list has some discussion on this topic:
http://lists.debian.org/debian-boot/2007/01/thrd3.html#01083 Mon, 29 Jan 2007 13:19:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (da_Chicken) Comments http://osnews.com/thread?207017 http://osnews.com/thread?207017 I tried this out last night and found that Debian couldn't find my HDD. Seems kinda odd since its just a standard IDE/ATA drive. Ubuntu installs just fine so it appears that they still have few bugs to work out, but I wish them well with this project. Getting Linux on a few more machines is a great thing. Mon, 29 Jan 2007 17:34:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (brewmastre) Comments http://osnews.com/thread?207366 http://osnews.com/thread?207366 I mean, does it install Debian alongside Windows, or does it wipe off Windows?

I don't know about this one but the "sister project" for installing Ubuntu in a similar manner does not wipe out Windows. It even does not create any new partitions. The Linux installation is placed into a single file and the bootloader boots the OS from this file.

after all, it is called "say goodbye to Microsoft"

Well if you look at the screenshots you will notice that the bootloader menu contains entries for both Windows and Debian. The intention is not to replace Windows but to provide an easy way to install Debian. So don't worry about your data - it won't be altered at all. Just make sure you have a few spare gigabytes on your machine.

And on a completely different point, I can't wait for a Windows installer of Debian GNU/kFreeBSD!

Hmm, if you're so impatient to test this system why don't you just download and install it the regular way instead of waiting? Oh, well...

Edit: fixed typoEdited 2007-01-30 14:36 Tue, 30 Jan 2007 14:34:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (velko) Comments