On 2024-08-25, Will Mengarini wrote: > (1) Will an HTTPS download in Windows > suffice to get me an uncorrupted netinst? > (Anything I need to know about "binary mode"?)
yes > (2) What Windows tool will write that netinst to flash? > Does Windows 10 Home have that tool? Pro? Windows 11? > (I don't know yet what Windows I'll end up with.) I don't remember but I could do that. If you don't find a way you could install cygwin and get unix commands. > (3) What Windows tool will write that netinst to CD-ROM? > Does Windows 10 Home have that tool? Pro? Windows 11? > (I have ancient beige boxes that might boot from CD-ROM > but not flash; they'd be useful as failsafes.) windows is shipped with a cd burner > (4) Will the latest Mordorsoft dual-boot fsckup prevent > maintaining the Windows installation in its own partition, > so I have to nuke the only working OS before installing > Debian? Will that be true of Windows 10 as well as 11? you will have to install windows as it usually comes with oem image. You would be able to format a separate partition for your linux and another for /home if you want > (5) If I can keep a Windows partition, how big must it be? depends on your applications from 100Mo to 100To > (7) I like the strategy of having /home in a separate > partition, so I can easily upgrade by doing a fresh > install. What's the minimum size you'd recommend > for a partition containing / but excluding /home > and intended to remain usable for the life of an > SDD, so presumably spanning many Debian releases? again depends on your applications. remember there is logs, mail/news spool, etc > (9) Does Windows have, or can it easily get, an > SSH client that'll let me shell in to my ISP > (Eskimo North) before I have Debian running? cygwin will save you :) Or get a live debian and do ssh from it
