Hi Sheryl. Did you use the netinst cd? Cheers! ----- Original Message ----- From: "Cheryl Homiak" <chomiak@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Wednesday, September 17, 2008 2:33 AM Subject: Re: Installing debian via the installer on the netinst >I was able to solve the problem of installing using the installer that >starts with setup in Windows. I found that once I chose exper mode, I was >given a choice of graphical or text install, then a choice of desktop >environments or none, and finally a place to enter additional cmdline >prompts for grub in the installer. Having done this, after rebooting and >arrowing down to choose debian and waiting for grub to load, I eventually >had brltty start and was able to proceed with the installation. This is a >really nice way to do an install on a machine where you have Windows >running, especially if your bios isn't set for your cdrom to boot before >the hard drive. > > > > -- > Cheryl > > "Where your treasure is, there will your heart be also." > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > __________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus > signature database 3444 (20080916) __________ > > The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. > > http://www.eset.com > >
