Richard Hartmann <richih.mailingl...@gmail.com> writes: > On Wed, Feb 11, 2009 at 12:25, Ferenc Wagner <wf...@niif.hu> wrote: > >> That sounds fishy. As I understand it, win32-loader can start the >> installer from Windows, not needing a reboot (thus not needing BIOS >> boot order reconfiguration either). I doubt Windows stays running >> during installation, rather it's replaced by the Debian Installer. > > That does not seem to make sense. Qemu or some such (if it runs > on Windows) sounds more likely than unloading the Windows kernel > on the fly.
Indeed, I was wrong. win32-loader configures the Windows boot loader to optionally start the Debian Installer (and also preconfigures some settings like locale, timezone etc. based on the Windows settings). So a reboot is still needed to actually start the installer, but there's no need to boot from a separate device. See http://goodbye-microsoft.com/demo.html or http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H937zZidIZk for a video demo. -- Sorry for the confusion, Feri. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-boot-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
