Talk:Installing Debian as an upgrade

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How much space does this Debian + gnome take on the XO?

Also, it'd be great if the Debian upgrade could be located on usb or sd instead of the XO's own limited space. Could I just follow the instructions, but put it all on a usb? (I have this 8GB thumbdrive *and* an 8GB SD lying around....) Or would something crucial break?

Obviously, I'd need to change setenv a bit to something like (?): 

#setenv boot-device u:\boot\vmlinuz  /*or whatever the right dir would be*/

and 

#setenv ramdisk u:\boot\olpcrd.img

Can't wait to try this out, but don't want to break anything!

Does debian support the camera, soundcard, etc? I am impressed with the laptop but would like to install something more intuitive on it.

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