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Installing Debian Etch From A Windows System With "Debian-Installer Loader" Debian-Installer Loader is a Debian Etch installer for Windows which adds an entry to the boot menu that allows you to start the Debian installation. Unlike the Ubuntu installation with Wubi, real Debian partitions are created during the installation. In the end, you have a dual-boot system (Windows/Debian).
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UNetbootin at http://lubi.sourceforge.net/unetbootin.html is essentially the same thing for Ubuntu, Fedora, openSuse, Mandriva, and Archlinux; it allows you to install them without a CD from Windows, and like this installer and unlike Wubi, UNetbootin installs to a real partition not a loopmounted file.
Used this yesterday to install Debian stable from XP Pro. Went without a hitch.
We have needed something like this for years. I used to always install Linux from DOS with loadlin back in the pre-W2K days. Usually use a USB stick these days, but this is much more convenient.
Thanks!
Doesn't work from Windows 10 :-(