Downloading Debian question

Wed, 24 Oct 2001 21:08:20 -0400

I have used Debian for quite some time and find that the easiest
way for folks to install it is to just download the floppy images
and install from there. Not sure how many it is up to at the moment,
but I am sure it is around 10-12.

You will get a nice clean base distro, and then you can surf
'dselect' for any other goodies you need/want.

I have even done this over a modem (old 24K) and the next morning
I had woke up to a good working distro installed.

This may not have answered your question, but I just thought
I would throw that in :-)

Mike

On Wed, Oct 24, 2001 at 05:05:26PM -0700, Mark Berkwitt wrote:
> At Debian.org it is suggested that I download the folder(s) in the path
> /dists/stable/main/disks-i386
> There are, however, two folders there:
> (1) 2.2.23-2001-04-15 	//and
> (2) current 		//this icon appears as a shortcut.
> I tried to download 2.2.23-2001-04-15 using IE5.5 but it spent 5 minutes
> calculating the download time before I canceled it.
> 
> Questions are:
> 1. Which folder should I download?
> 2. What program should I use to do it with?
> 3. Should I download to a partition other than the one I will install into?
> 4. Are there installation instructions for this type of download and if so,
> where?
> 
> Thanks.
> 
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