On Fri, 20 Oct 1995, Godfrey Lam wrote: > > Matt, > > Can you tell me how to do ftp install in detail. How do I select the > files that I want, I want to install all the softwares, like Slackware > has. Can I be able to use PPP connection to my ISP after I install the > base system? When I do ftp, where should I put the Debian packages in my > Linux box? This is going to sound really bad. BUT I have only installed this one time and then I had to fight it :/ (due to hardware)
I would say put the files on an MSDOS partition. Download them from the ms-dos tree. > > Another question about partition the hard drive before install Debian. I > have two hard drive, they are 300M and 500M. I am going to create 16M > for swap. I am going to take a deep breath and not install DOS anymore. > I am going to install most of the Debian packages. I am going to set up > UUCP, and set aside about 200M for news. So anybody could suggest how I > should partition my hard drive and set up the file systems such as / > /root /usr ? Regards. > I would wait for the lists response. Sorry I can not help you any more than that. Matt
