Okay, just completed a base install of Debian from within Windows 2000 Pro running in Virtualbox. Host system: Athlon 64 X2 dual-core, 8GB RAM, Wheezy 64-bit. Virtual system: 12GB virtual HD, partitioned with 3GB for W2k; 192MB RAM. (The same config as my Thinkpad 240X.)
After clicking on the "install" link on the goodbye-microsoft.com web site, win32-loader, initrd, and some grub related files are downloaded and stored in a folder on Windows' C:. Running win32-loader (from the Windows Desktop) sets up the system to install Debian. A reboot and choosing "continue install" is required. (The other option is to boot Windows normally.) After the reboot, the standard Debian installer runs, and installs Debian as if you had booted off a conventional install CD. Tools are included to resize C: and partition the hard drive to allow room for the new installation. Note that the Debian installer detected the 64-bit CPU of the VM, and installed 64-bit Wheezy even though W2k was 32-bit. It also installed the Virtualbox Guest Additions, and all related files (gcc, headers, etc.) to support dkms. The base install (commandline only) when running used about 56MB RAM. All things considered, everything went quite smoothly. B -- 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/20130512230420.22b21...@debian7.boseck208.net
