Re: A smaller iso

2011-07-09 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Vi, 08 iul 11, 09:59:58, nikhil jain wrote: > > I don't think I'll be able to install with the expert mode... Sure you are, see below :) > >The expert mode, however, really is for experts. Most of the time, > >a so-called expert mode is usually just a euphemism for "more > >options," but the

Re: A smaller iso

2011-07-08 Thread Lisi
On Friday 08 July 2011 15:18:28 Mahesh T Pai wrote: > I do not quite get what you mean by the w32 loader. More than 12 years > since I used M$win for any productive thing. Does Nikhil Jain mean the Ubuntu Windows installer? (Wubi) Lisi -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.de

Re: A smaller iso

2011-07-08 Thread Mahesh T Pai
"nikhil jain" writes: >> It's possible the above question does not appear in a normal install, > > with the w32 loader it doesn't. I think If you are installing from a CD / DVD, simply entering "expert" when you boot from the CD will do the trick. I do not quite get what you mean by the w32 l

Re: A smaller iso

2011-07-08 Thread Camaleón
On Fri, 08 Jul 2011 06:46:13 +0530, nikhil jain wrote: > the 4.4 gb is too big for my internet connection(512kbps) . I am looking > for something ubuntu-like complete 500mb-2gb debian iso (why not use > ubuntu? because its buggy buggy buggy) > > I want to avoid the net installer , because my sl

Re: A smaller iso

2011-07-08 Thread nikhil jain
On Fri, 08 Jul 2011 14:55:07 +0530, Andrei POPESCU wrote: On Vi, 08 iul 11, 06:46:13, nikhil jain wrote: [snip problem already solved] Most importantly I want the installer to have the option to install the bootloader to the partition itself and not the MBR. when I tried w32 installer it d

Re: A smaller iso

2011-07-08 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Vi, 08 iul 11, 06:46:13, nikhil jain wrote: [snip problem already solved] > Most importantly I want the installer to have the option to install > the bootloader to the partition itself and not the MBR. when I > tried w32 installer it didn't gave me the option. When the installer asks "Do yo

Re: A smaller iso

2011-07-08 Thread nikhil jain
On Fri, 08 Jul 2011 12:37:15 +0530, Mahesh T Pai wrote: I guess you are using the DVD image - try the CD image. Have a look at http://www.debian.org/CD/http-ftp/ Thanks. I guess this will be perfect for me? http://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/6.0.2.1/amd64/iso-cd/debian-6.0.2.1-amd64-kde-C

Re: A smaller iso

2011-07-08 Thread nikhil jain
I don't understand what do you mean with "install the bootloader to the partition itself" a bootloader can only sit in the MBR to be useful. Basically I want to install linux as desribed here: http://www.frihost.com/forums/vt-33598.html While installing linux, make sure you install the b

Re: A smaller iso

2011-07-08 Thread Mahesh T Pai
"nikhil jain" writes: > the 4.4 gb is too big for my internet connection(512kbps) . > I am looking for something ubuntu-like complete 500mb-2gb debian iso > (why not use ubuntu? because its buggy buggy buggy) I guess you are using the DVD image - try the CD image. Have a look at http://www.

Re: A smaller iso

2011-07-08 Thread Jérôme Heil
Hi Le 08/07/2011 03:16, nikhil jain a écrit : the 4.4 gb is too big for my internet connection(512kbps) . I am looking for something ubuntu-like complete 500mb-2gb debian iso (why not use ubuntu? because its buggy buggy buggy) Maybe you could buy a CD or DVD http://www.debian.org/CD/vendors/ ?

A smaller iso

2011-07-07 Thread nikhil jain
the 4.4 gb is too big for my internet connection(512kbps) . I am looking for something ubuntu-like complete 500mb-2gb debian iso (why not use ubuntu? because its buggy buggy buggy) I want to avoid the net installer , because my slow connection and the weird debian installer makes it a roya