win32-loader (Debian)
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| win32-loader | |
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 win32-loader fetching the Debian Installer under Windows Vista |
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| Developed by | Robert Millan |
| Latest release | 0.6.4 |
| OS | Windows 95 / 98 / 2000 / XP / Vista |
| Genre | Debian-Installer loader |
| License | GPL (version 3) |
| Website | goodbye-microsoft.com |
win32-loader is a component of the Debian-Installer that runs on Windows and has the ability to load the actual installer either from the network (as in the version used in goodbye-microsoft.com) or from CD-ROM media (as in the version included in lenny CD images).
win32-loader was born as an independent project, for which only the network version was available. Later the code would go through a long review and polishing process to become part of the official Debian distribution.
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Example win32-loader session running on Windows XP 
- Problems playing the files? See media help.
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[edit] Influences
win32-loader strongly relies on projects such as NSIS, GRUB 2, loadlin and Debian-Installer to perform its task. Additionally, it has drawn inspiration and ideas from similar projects such as Wubi and Instlux.
[edit] Features
- Auto-detects 64-bit (amd64) support in host CPUs, and automatically selects amd64 flavour of Debian whenever supported, completely transparently to the user.
- Detects a number of settings from Windows environment (timezone, proxy settings, etc) and feeds them to Debian Installer via preseeding mechanism so that user doesn't have to select them.
- Translated to 28 languages. Selected language is displayed for user interaction since the first template, and is transparently passed on to Debian Installer via preseeding.
[edit] Similar projects
- Topologilinux: uses coLinux to run on Windows.
- Instlux, included on openSUSE since the 10.3 release.[1]
- Wubi.
- UNetbootin.
