Hi all,
I just joined the list last evening.
I have a very unusual install issue with debian, frankly wish there was
someone local to Toronto to help, but perhaps I can get enough wisdom here to
solve the problem.
I will be as detailed as I can, feel free to ask though if you need to know
more. The details are rather tightly focused.
Here is the situation.
I have a complete set of squeeze images in DVD, I do mean complete.
I have no network connection in the computer I am installing debian on, so
wish to install all of these images, so as not to need to update any
packages. Better more debian than I might need, than not enough.
While I have an external DVD drive, the machine will not allow me to boot
from the usb port.
I do have a cd drive in the computer from which I can boot just fine.
In an effort to have speech, I experience sight loss, I had someone burn
the first boot disc for wheezy its a test image, on cd for me.
I was told that there would be a way to start the install with wheezy from
cd, but finish from the desired squeeze images, in short install squeeze
instead of wheezy.
That bit of information does not seem to be correct, or at least the
method to accomplish this was not shared correctly.
I will have extra help tomorrow morning so want to start this process. I
have been waiting several years to try debian, and now that I have
some hardware and the DVD images, I really wish to move forward on this
without wasting the images I already have.
I must start with the cd, its the only way to boot.
I might add that there is no other operating system on the computer I am
using for the installation.
so...how can I start the install with the bootable wheezy test cd image I
have, but change the boot priority in a way that lets me install squeeze
from the external DVD drive I have here?
Thanks for your ideas,
Karen
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