Help Me!??! Installing Debian

tbyeah · 29 Apr 2015 at 14:19

Never used Linux before, however just got a computer I want to use it on. I want it to boot from a 16GB USB drive (there are no drives in the computer).

However, I cannot understand a word of any of the guides and they all seem to be oriented towards installing it from another computer with Linux.

What I need help with is which disk image should I download (this being the hardware http://www.asus.com/Motherboards/AT5IONTI/), how do I place it onto the USB in Windows so that it is installed on there and will boot on the fresh computer from the USB (not install onto another drive within), and... I think thats it.

Any help greatly appreciated!

E; I plan to use Whonix with it if that matters at all.

KIA · 29 Apr 2015 at 14:50

Whonix is a virtual machine, you know that, right?

16GB USB drive won't give great performance.

You will need one USB drive for the boot media and one USB drive for the installation of Debian. You can use this to create a bootable USB drive.

32bit:

Code:

http://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/8.0.0/i386/iso-cd/debian-8.0.0-i386-netinst.iso

64bit:

Code:

http://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/8.0.0/amd64/iso-cd/debian-8.0.0-amd64-netinst.iso

Have a look at Tails.

tbyeah · 29 Apr 2015 at 15:00

I was looking at Tails previously but decided to switch to trying to get Whonix going (on Debian? This is viable unless I misunderstand something [likely

]).

I prefer the kde desktop but I trust that shouldn't change the installation method. Also I'm using ISODrive as I've heard some people have had problems using UNetBootin with live isos.

Do the live isos not remove the need for the separate installation? I was downloading debian-live-8.0.0-amd64-kde-desktop.iso ? Or am I mistaken?

Thanks.

KIA · 29 Apr 2015 at 16:54

tbyeah said:
Do the live isos not remove the need for the separate installation? I was downloading debian-live-8.0.0-amd64-kde-desktop.iso ? Or am I mistaken?

Yes. I don't understand why you're trying to do it this way. You will have to install and configure VirtualBox in order to use Whonix, every time you restart the computer.

Tails makes more sense.

tbyeah · 29 Apr 2015 at 17:51

Would I not be able to have it installed and configured on the USB drive?

If not then I will just use Tails.

tbyeah · 29 Apr 2015 at 20:24

I've got Tails installed for now, was simple enough.

KIA · 30 Apr 2015 at 12:07

tbyeah said:
Would I not be able to have it installed and configured on the USB drive?

If not then I will just use Tails.

You were talking about using the live distro.

tbyeah · 30 Apr 2015 at 18:16

Didn't understand they were read-only like Tails, was under the impression it was like a standard OS

Anyway got Tails going, not bothering with any persistent volumes for now. Cheers for the advice!