From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail-ob0-f170.google.com (mail-ob0-f170.google.com [209.85.214.170]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id 84C48C1A20E for ; Sun, 8 Apr 2012 21:07:35 -0400 (EDT) Received: by obbeh20 with SMTP id eh20so5624073obb.29 for ; Sun, 08 Apr 2012 18:07:33 -0700 (PDT) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=google.com; s=20120113; h=message-id:reply-to:from:to:references:subject:date:organization :mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:x-priority :x-msmail-priority:x-mailer:x-mimeole:x-gm-message-state; bh=3MxtXtZhQkATBAeijJSEammAlTdMF3XA0R1bJQ/yA4k=; b=S324qsfvRCLL2Q+Gv+MB2EITZaS1KLh7zcYOFICrd17KKXDhesvV0wxrbGaXbADPWu BtW/zEu2cQS4Hp2mLB4K8irzsHpxO56OQ4CfAiW/rGWtorWjhmep137UMonv6exDSAZ7 PX7oz9OxE9eQXCXCXko9iaJ51UaBdKAw+1X/gdr28XlF+5qVTs5AtJYzh8S/rcmRWu46 s7538RPQRpPzgo7+Zp1RT+qMlNIZR6AWKKoQdQxyarqHc+bO5aC51Dq/WSKAeAZQF5AS I9llNerk2/n8CCIwf2uOv+3/264DCXy08R7feK+wGAufyUtQa4Ji3H1WqaF29HJpwT4+ qIkA== Received: by 10.60.20.231 with SMTP id q7mr7693780oee.63.1333933653599; Sun, 08 Apr 2012 18:07:33 -0700 (PDT) Received: from your2c061f0461 (184-155-13-35.cpe.cableone.net. [184.155.13.35]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id b2sm14703789obo.22.2012.04.08.18.07.32 (version=SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Sun, 08 Apr 2012 18:07:32 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <95E74542E8B04B68B49C3EDC40B1E31C@your2c061f0461> From: Glenn To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." References: Subject: Re: mixing media, was talking debian install. Date: Sun, 8 Apr 2012 20:08:33 -0500 Organization: home MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.5931 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.6157 X-Gm-Message-State: ALoCoQmLsxAjn0KLmcYAqvCsB7TKR417XuFuZuGxqD1QjI3QMIza+EDzKhvJu7M1o5YEa7xAVMca X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list Reply-To: Glenn , "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Id: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 09 Apr 2012 01:07:35 -0000 One idea I have, is to download supergrub, which is a bootloader, and it will see the installation media on the USB drive, and allow you to boot over to that. SuperGrub can be installed both on a floppy disk or a CD-ROM. GRUB stands for grand unified bootloader. Debian and Ubuntu Debian use it by default when you install a dual-boot system. It always boots first and allows you to pick operating systems, in which it will see the install CD as a system to boot to. If you search for supergrub, you will find it. I don't have a link right now. HTH. Glenn ----- Original Message ----- From: "Karen Lewellen" To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." Sent: Sunday, April 08, 2012 6:29 PM Subject: mixing media, was talking debian install. greetings all, An unusual question indeed. My friend gave me the bet of DVD images of Debian, but I did not realize I might have a different issue. While both of the possible computers I might use for this have usb ports, and I have an external usb DVD drive, I cannot actually boot from usb at all. I can boot from the cd drive certainly which is motivating my question. Is it possible to boot an install in one media, cd, then finish installation using another, say DVD? There is no issue with the machines seeing the drive, or I feel there will be none. But I must boot from something else if this is going to work. Thoughts? Karen _______________________________________________ Speakup mailing list Speakup@braille.uwo.ca http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup