Install Debian with .iso file

[reGative]

Hello!

I want to install Debian and make dualboot (Windows 7 and Debian), but I not have any CD, USB, or Floppy. I has EasyBCD, where I added to my boot manager option to run .iso image. I boot from iso image, but installation need to CD. Any idea?

[eric1959]

Did you have a look at : http://neosmart.net/wiki/display/EBCD/NeoGrub

[reGative]

I launched the installation, but it asks for CD to detect the hardware. But i haven't inserted any disc to the drive.

[reGative]

Any idea?

[eric1959]

Which iso do you use ?

[reGative]

I use netinstall. link http://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/6.0 ... etinst.iso

[eric1959]

So the installation starts and at which stage does it ask for a cd ?

[reGative]

Instalation starts with language, region and keyboard options then installation requires CD to detect CD drive.

[eric1959]

Can't you just hit cancel and proceed ?

[reGative]

[eric1959]

Press Continue ....What happens then ?
How come mine looks like :

[kiyop]

Excuse my bothering, but if you can use network (wired LAN or so), I suggest you to use linux and initrd.gz and start linux and initrd.gz with grub4dos.

You can download linux and initrd.gz, for example,
http://ftp.jaist.ac.jp/pub/Linux/Debian ... /initrd.gz
http://ftp.jaist.ac.jp/pub/Linux/Debian ... i386/linux

MD5sum is shown in:
http://ftp.jaist.ac.jp/pub/Linux/Debian ... es/MD5SUMS
as
./netboot/debian-installer/i386/initrd.gz
and
./netboot/debian-installer/i386/linux

You can check the md5sum value by "md5sum linux initrd.gz" in Linux, for example debian.

In Windows7, You can check the md5sum value by md5sum.exe offered at:
http://www.pc-tools.net/win32/md5sums/
But I have never used md5sum.exe and I am not sure if the downloaded file has any viruse or not.

You can download grub4dos-0.4.4 at
http://sourceforge.net/projects/grub4dos/

You can start grub4dos (grldr.mbr -> grldr) with Windows7 boot manager (bootmgr) with the method shown the following URL:
http://diddy.boot-land.net/grub4dos/fil ... m#windows3

You can start linux and initrd.gz copied in the directory hogehoge in Windows7's boot partition (C drive); c:\hogehoge with the menu.lst containing following lines:

Code: Select all

title debian squeeze installer
find --set-root /hogehoge/linux
kernel /hogehoge/linux
initrd /hogehoge/initrd.gz

You had better place menu.lst and grldr in the root directory of some partition, for example in C:\.

Good luck!

[eric1959]

Excuse my bothering..

Thanks for joining !

[kiyop]

Excuse my bothering..

Thanks for joining !

Thank you, eric1959.

To reGative,

Judging from the difference in eric1959's posted graphics (installer window) and yours,
you had downloaded different iso file from that eric1959 downloaded, had not you?