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#1 jarves

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Posted 28 August 2005 - 06:37 AM

can somebody help me. maybe some one could suggest to me a good site or ebook on debian installation. and also can someone help me on bootin debian coz everytime i boot is that is always use a floppy to boot. i want to use a boot loader. i want a dual boot xp and debian in 1 computer.

#2 danleff

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Posted 28 August 2005 - 12:34 PM

Why not start with Debian's own Installation manual.

...as well as their own guide on booting using lilo or grub.

Another good article on dual booting is located here.

#3 iamroot

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Posted 28 August 2005 - 02:23 PM

You should install XP first. Then install Debian. This will overwrite the Windows bootloader with GRUB/Lilo. This will allow you to dual-boot.

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Posted 28 August 2005 - 03:40 PM

I think jarves has XP already installed and is booting Debian via a boot floppy disk now?

If this is the case, is grub or lilo installed as the bootloader?