An easy install from Windows: https://wiki.debian.org/LennyIllustratedInstall#win32-loader I bought a surplus desktop machine and ran this... it was so easy it almost scared me. On 09/27/2013 08:30 PM, Robert Holtzman wrote: > On Fri, Sep 27, 2013 at 10:37:37AM -0700, Adam McCullough wrote: >> Almost every error, crash, problem, or compile problem I've come across has >> had at least some discussion of it, often including a solution. If not, >> you're already on the plug mailing list, so you have a wealth of people >> here willing to help you out, provide expertise, advice, and try to search >> for a solution yourself. They're at least as good as what you'll find at >> Red Seven or other places. >> >> Newegg, Frys, and other places are good sources of replacements/upgrades if >> the problem is in the hardware. >> >> That's why, even though I liked the concept of a linux support store, I >> never had reason to be a customer. Any problem they could fix was either >> one I could already fix myself (with plenty of googling and trial and >> error), or one I couldn't afford to fix myself, much less hire someone else >> to do the same thing (hardware errors). > > What you're talking about has very little to do with what I'm looking > for. There is no problem, let alone a hardware problem. I simply don't > have the time to the research right now, so I need someone to wipe the > drive and install w7 for her. Later, if I can convince her to abandon M$ > completely, I can probably wipe the drive and install debian or more > probably ubuntu with xfce. From what I can see, the bios, or whatever > passes for one, has no provision to boot off a cd or dvd. That means doing > the whole operation off of a flash drive. > > > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss