On Fri, Feb 28, 2014 at 07:41:39AM -0700, R Edwards wrote: > Hello, > I have a persistent problem and I was hoping that the Debian install discs > would solve it. I have a new laptop with Windows 8 on it (was purchased for > the hardware) and Windows is holding it prisoner. I am unable to install any > other Operating system on it whatsoever including Debian 7.4 that I > downloaded from this site. It will not allow the 'test' with no files > installed or the full installation. I am not exactly a computer newbie but > have only 'new' level of linux background. I have tried six different OS > packages from two or three different devices for installs and all have > failed. Windows 8 will not let any install. Any chance you have an ISO that > will produce a dvd disc that can be bootable from a bare harddrive. The 7.4 > version I downloaded gets an 'invalid media' message and I have tried more > than one copy/download/version with the same results. In the attempt to run > from dvd without installing files, get a 'try compatibility settings' message > that always fails. I am apparently not the only one with this problem. > Please help. I NEED my computer without the Windows garbage taking control > of it. I am even willing to pay for a 'guaranteed' installation disc but I > try it before I pay as I feel Windows will defeat all comers at this point. > Looking forward to being proved wrong! When I bought the laptop, I never > dreamed that it would take months to attempt to get Windows off of it and > still be failing. I feel like billing Microsoft for taking my laptop > prisoner but that would get me as far as this installation is > getting....nowhere.
If you download the installer (say DVD-1 iso or netinstall iso) and then burn it as an image to the DVD: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-ca/windows7/burn-a-cd-or-dvd-from-an-iso-file So windows can do that apparently. It should then be bootable, but of course you have to tell the BIOS/EFI/whatever you have, to boot from the DVD drive. -- Len Sorensen -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: https://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
