Hi Daniel, I've done exactly what you have on an old 486. What you DO need is a floppy drive and an internet connexion. An old external modem should do the trick.
Go to your local debian mirror and find the floppies. You should be able to get potato boot disks at: ftp.us.debian.org/debian/dists/potato/main/disks-i386/2.2.16-2000-07-14/imag es-1.44 -----Original Message----- From: Daniel Stehm [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, August 12, 2000 1:42 PM To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Installing Debian on 486 Hey guys, having a problem here. I have a 486, 12 megs of RAM, 480 megs on hard-drive, floppy (3 1/2), and a (gasp) 5 1/2 drive. I want to get ANY linux distro on it that I can, (wishing for debian) I dont care too much about packages, I just want some form of linux on here. I really dont want to take CD-Rom out of this and hook it up to the 486's motherboard, etc; etc; or connect them etc; Im hoping, if at all possible, from what ive heard its possible to install Linux onto a computer using floppies! Thats what im hoping to do, install Linux onto this 486 using floppies! If someone would mind telling me how to go about doing that, id appreciate it. E-mail is [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thanks alot --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.166 / Virus Database: 79 - Release Date: 6/20/00 -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null