Hi Leo, On Wed, Feb 05, 2003 at 11:04:59AM -0000, Leo Tilson wrote: > The idea is like this. I connect to your servers and am presented with a > list of the packages which are available, and make my selection. The > dependency tree is worked out and the first thing I will download is a > list of all the files that I need. My computer can then download just > these files.
This feature exists, and has existed for a long time! You first download only a basic installation system (several floppy disc images, or one of the "net install" images from <http://www.debian.org/CD/netinst/>), then you boot into that and choose a Debian server to download the packages from. Cheers, Richard -- __ _ |_) /| Richard Atterer | CS student at the Technische | GnuPG key: | \/�| http://atterer.net | Universit�t M�nchen, Germany | 0x888354F7 � '` � -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
