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Re: Debian hardware: coping with Windows

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On 2024-08-25, Will Mengarini wrote:

> (1) Will an HTTPS download in Windows
> suffice to get me an uncorrupted netinst?
> (Anything I need to know about "binary mode"?)

yes

> (2) What Windows tool will write that netinst to flash?
> Does Windows 10 Home have that tool?  Pro?  Windows 11?
> (I don't know yet what Windows I'll end up with.)

I don't remember but I could do that. If you don't find a way you could
install cygwin and get unix commands.

> (3) What Windows tool will write that netinst to CD-ROM?
> Does Windows 10 Home have that tool?  Pro?  Windows 11?
> (I have ancient beige boxes that might boot from CD-ROM
> but not flash; they'd be useful as failsafes.)

windows is shipped with a cd burner

> (4) Will the latest Mordorsoft dual-boot fsckup prevent
> maintaining the Windows installation in its own partition,
> so I have to nuke the only working OS before installing
> Debian?  Will that be true of Windows 10 as well as 11?

you will have to install windows as it usually comes with oem image. You
would be able to format a separate partition for your linux and another
for /home if you want

> (5) If I can keep a Windows partition, how big must it be?

depends on your applications from 100Mo to 100To

> (7) I like the strategy of having /home in a separate
> partition, so I can easily upgrade by doing a fresh
> install.  What's the minimum size you'd recommend
> for a partition containing / but excluding /home
> and intended to remain usable for the life of an
> SDD, so presumably spanning many Debian releases?

again depends on your applications. remember there is logs, mail/news
spool, etc

> (9) Does Windows have, or can it easily get, an
> SSH client that'll let me shell in to my ISP
> (Eskimo North) before I have Debian running?

cygwin will save you :)
Or get a live debian and do ssh from it

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Debian hardware: coping with Windows Will Mengarini <seldon@eskimo.com> - 2024-08-26 05:50 +0200
  Re: Debian hardware: coping with Windows David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> - 2024-08-26 07:10 +0200
  Re: Debian hardware: coping with Windows ghe2001 <ghe2001@protonmail.com> - 2024-08-26 07:30 +0200
  Re: Debian hardware: coping with Windows Michel Verdier <mv524@free.fr> - 2024-08-26 09:20 +0200
    Re: Debian hardware: coping with Windows jeremy ardley <jeremy.ardley@gmail.com> - 2024-08-26 11:00 +0200
  Re: Debian hardware: coping with Windows "Thomas Schmitt" <scdbackup@gmx.net> - 2024-08-26 09:50 +0200
    Re: Debian hardware: coping with Windows "tv.debian" <tv.debian@googlemail.com> - 2024-08-26 11:40 +0200
  Re: Debian hardware: coping with Windows Joe <joe@jretrading.com> - 2024-08-26 11:20 +0200
  Re: Debian hardware: coping with Windows Charles Curley <charlescurley@charlescurley.com> - 2024-08-26 22:10 +0200
  Re: Debian hardware: coping with Windows Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> - 2024-08-26 22:20 +0200
  Re: Debian hardware: coping with Windows Franco Martelli <martellif67@gmail.com> - 2024-08-27 14:30 +0200

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