I did this when 2.0 came out. The Debian distribution is available as an ISO image under here: ftp://ftp.eecs.umich.edu/pub/linux/debian-cd/ (there are other mirrors; take a look at http://cdimage.debian.org/)
Debian cautions you from simply mirroring the ftp.debian.org site, because of the special directory structure and the liberal amount of symbolic links. Use the ISO images. I used Gear, but any pgm that can handle an ISO (RAW) image should be able to handle it. Bear in mind these are >600MB files; not only do they take a while, but it is risky to d'load a file that large and burn a useable cd from it. Definately do a test run first to be sure your image is good. If you're installing from a machine that is live on the net, use the FTP installation instead. Not only is it really cool to be able to install your OS from the net, but you won't waste time getting packages you won't use. Brian Clark wrote: > <SNIP, SNIP: Content edited to run in the time allotted> > > I have a cd-writer, so I would love to be able to make my own Debian CD > from the files at the Debian.org FTP. > Has anyone done/tried this? > I have heard that there is a special way that one would have to do this > (maybe a special program), in order for this to work - i.e., write to cd-r > and be able to install Debian from that homegrown cd-r. > I would be writing the Debian CD on a Win95 machine with files downloaded > via FTP, and I would love to know if there are any problems in doing so. > Thanks - > Brian -- eric Farris [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.bigfoot.com/~eafarris Microcomputer Support Specialist Academic Computing Frostburg State University www.frostburg.edu Wealth is not acquired by taking the most from others, but by giving the most away.
