On page http://www.uk.debian.org/debian-cd/ch11.html you write:
>You want to install Debian GNU/Linux on one computer, and that computer >has a free Internet connection. >-!- Solution: You don't need to download the CD images at all. >Download the /dists/stable/main/disks-XXXX/ directory from a Debian FTP >mirror (addresses: http://www.debian.org/distrib/ftplist); substitute the >`XXXX' for your architecture, for example `i386' or `alpha'. This one >directory is all you need to get Debian up and running. After this, your >new Debian system can connect directly to a Debian FTP mirror to >automatically fetch and install anything else you need. >The CDs contain vast amounts of programs that you won't use at all. The >procedure described above will thus save you lots of download time (i.e. >you can start installing much earlier) and will also reduce the strain on >our heavily loaded FTP servers. Another advantage is that, using this >method, your system can be upgraded automatically when new packages arrive >on the FTP sites (you don't have to wait for a new CD). So this is great advice, and I am doing it, but where do I go next? I could not find anything in the "installation manual" that talked about using the 'disks-whatever' directory as a starting point for an internet based install. I will figure it out, I guess, but you might consider expanding this page a bit for future users. I am not yet a member of debian-cd so if there are replies that might get me going, I'd appreciate a copy. Thanks, </edg> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
