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| author | Samuel Thibault <sthibault@debian.org> | 2011-02-20 20:49:25 +0000 |
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| committer | Samuel Thibault <sthibault@debian.org> | 2011-02-20 20:49:25 +0000 |
| commit | a8e57f5c4dcf3e932640709fb838f73a65f4e4e9 (patch) | |
| tree | 1d531dcb4480ece5426358ec054a1511d170acc1 | |
| parent | 6ddb1a8adba5be05027ba5a890f4d50d7f027927 (diff) | |
| download | installation-guide-a8e57f5c4dcf3e932640709fb838f73a65f4e4e9.zip | |
Document win32-loader as a possible boot method. Closes: #444017.
| -rw-r--r-- | debian/changelog | 5 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | en/boot-installer/x86.xml | 19 |
2 files changed, 20 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog index 470344829..8b447041b 100644 --- a/debian/changelog +++ b/debian/changelog @@ -10,7 +10,10 @@ installation-guide (2011xxxx) UNRELEASED; urgency=low [ Joey Hess ] * Fix typo in example preseed. Closes: #612631 - -- Samuel Thibault <sthibault@debian.org> Sun, 20 Feb 2011 20:51:10 +0100 + [ Didier Raboud ] + * Document win32-loader as a possible boot method. Closes: #444017. + + -- Samuel Thibault <sthibault@debian.org> Sun, 20 Feb 2011 21:47:31 +0100 installation-guide (20110122) unstable; urgency=low diff --git a/en/boot-installer/x86.xml b/en/boot-installer/x86.xml index 6d1f5221c..990abde01 100644 --- a/en/boot-installer/x86.xml +++ b/en/boot-installer/x86.xml @@ -75,9 +75,22 @@ Boots the <quote>bf2.4</quote> flavor. <title>Booting from Windows</title> <para> -To start the installer from Windows, you must first obtain CD-ROM/DVD-ROM -or USB memory stick installation media as described in -<xref linkend="official-cdrom"/> and <xref linkend="boot-usb-files"/>. +To start the installer from Windows, you can either + +<itemizedlist> +<listitem><para> + +obtain CD-ROM/DVD-ROM or USB memory stick installation media as described in +<xref linkend="official-cdrom"/> and <xref linkend="boot-usb-files"/>, or + +</para></listitem> +<listitem><para> + +download a standalone Windows executable, which is available as +tools/win32-loader/stable/win32-loader.exe on the &debian; mirrors, + +</para></listitem> +</itemizedlist> </para><para> |