Debian

[Bill Warner]

you can install right off the net with 5 floppy disks.  I have never done a
cd install of debian.  dowload the rescue and root floppy images and the
3 drivers disks.  You can even set it up to dial up and download base.tar.gz
and install it and then just dselect from there to get everything else.  Of
course this takes a lot of time over dialup (about 6 hours on my last install)
just make sure you only pick what you need.  If you are useing your system
and find you are missing something debian makes it so easy to install it when
you need it with just an apt-get install needed-package <enter> and bam there
you have it.

Bill Warner

Tim Weaver wrote:

> I am used to installing (what little) Linux I know from CDs.  I don't really
> want to go buy any more, so I was looking to d/l Debian from their FTP site
> and then burn some CDs (at work) then take home to install.
>
> I was looking at FTP.Debian.org and got really confused as to what to
> download for an Intel-based system.  I made it as far as
> ftp://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/dists/slink/main/binary-i386/
> then got lost as to what I needed/wanted/??  so I am here for some help!! :)
>
> SO, the main question is, when looking at FTp downloaded versions, how does
> one tell what to download?
>
> I looked in the installation manual (online) and it didn't cover what to
> download.
>
> Yes, stupid questions all, but I can't help but think some of you were in my
> shoes at one time!! :)
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Tim
>
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