> Date: Fri, 23 Feb 1996 22:45:50 -0500 (EST) > From: Nick Busigin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > ... I'll need to install via floppies - at least until I install > enough packages so I can get a modem link and continue over a PPP or SLIP > connection ...
Another pointer which may be useful to you is http://www.scimitar.com/debian/ "Anatomy of a Successful Debian Install" where the author explains how to install just the minimum needed to proceeed with a PPP connection. Note that some details are different with recent versions of the Linux kernel and of the Debian installation kit. > What I'm looking for is some advice on what would be the easiest way of > doing a reasonably full install I personally did it in the following way (quite peculiar): I borrowed a QIC tape driver, made a backup of a debian/binary directory using a Windows95 tool, downloaded everything on the DOS partion of my box, and then I used Debian dselect to install from the hard drive DOS file system. One more way is to connect your PC to a nearby one, already running Linux, via a parallel port cable (I don't remember the technical name) and use the PLIP driver (available after having installed via floppy the packages netbase and netstd. AM
