On 28 Jul 2011 23:31, "Walter Hurry" <walterhu...@lavabit.com> wrote: > > On Thu, 28 Jul 2011 23:12:32 +0200, Per Carlson wrote: > > > On Thu, Jul 28, 2011 at 09:15, Scott Ferguson > > <prettyfly.producti...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Yes it's with the official documentation:- > >> http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/i386/ch04.html.en > > > > Where the first sentence reads: "To prepare the USB stick, you will need > > a system where GNU/Linux is already running and where USB is > > supported.". So, to install Debian from an USB-stick you need a system > > where Debian (for example) is installed. Smells recursion here :-) > > > > IMHO there should be some hints what to do if the user currently is > > running something else than GNU/Linux, like Windows or OS X. > > Well, there are ways, but the best bet for most will be to download, burn > *and checksum* a live CD or a netinst CD, and boot from that.
And what if the system doesn't have an optical drive? Buying an external drive shouldn't be the easiest option. > But the OP in this particular thread would be well advised to stick to > Windoze. That's shouldn't stop Debian from being user friendly. -- Pelle (written on a small screen device)