On 20121007_140524, Wally Lepore wrote: > On Sat, Oct 6, 2012 at 5:46 AM, Brian <a...@cityscape.co.uk> wrote: > > > > You will have a good idea what to expect after reading Chapter 6 of the > > guide. > > > > Hi Brian > > Chapter 6 discusses using the Debian Installer. I am not utilizing the > installer. I downloaded the netinst.iso file. Is there a difference? > > Here is the link that describes the netinst file that I downloaded. > http://www.debian.org/CD/netinst/ > > > You will also have prepared for the possible need for firmware by > > unzipping the file you get from > > > > http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/unofficial/non-free/firmware/ > > > > to a USB stick after reading Section 2.2. > > I'm not understanding please. Do I download the .zip file you > suggested and run that from the USB stick and that alone will tell me > if any firmware is needed for my system prior to running the netinst > CD I created? > > Appreciate the help in getting Debian installed.
Wally, Windows and Debian use different file systems on disk. I think Windows is incapable of modifying data on extN formatted disks that Debian uses. And Windows does have some safety checks that keep you from mistakenly formatting a disk that already has a non-Windows format on it. Conversely, Debian can read and write the Windows file system, but only if you tell it to mount the Windows disk. During install you will be given a opportunity to select what disks and partitions you want Debian to mount in detail. Use this opportunity. Make sure you see the Windows disk while configuring, and be sure you select "do not mount". HTH -- Paul E Condon pecon...@mesanetworks.net -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20121007191824.gb26...@big.lan.gnu
