* ***** charles <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [030313 13:01]: > From what I understand, the latest stable Debian for Sparc > is 3r1 and there is 6 cd's for it if I get the whole thing. What > I need to know if I download just the first one, can I get > enough of Linux on my SS20 to come up to a command > prompt when I am done? Or, what is the minimal number > of cd's I need to download and burn to get a minimal install > with dialup networking going?
Just the first CD will do for a base installation. Better yet, grab http://auric.debian.org/~bcollins/disks-sparc/current/netinst.iso.bz2 and use that to install the base over the network. I used it on an SS20 a few days ago, and it's a 3MB download instead of a 600MB+ one. :) If you want to do the entire base installation locally, though, the CDs are the way to go. Quite often, though, I'm finding myself downloading a bunch of package with the first apt-get upgrade after installing off CDs that are installed in the first place if I install over the network.
