Actually, (I'm remembering now) what happens is after the driver
floppies, it downloads the base packages in one tarball, installs
that, reboots, then you can apt-get all you want. The base packages
are 2MB I think, or somewhere close to that.
-Rob
> On 20010813.2149, Christopher Maujean said ...
>
> can I do apt-get or something to install it once I'm up via floppy?
>
> (keep in mind, you're dealing with a slackware/redhat user)..
>
> On Mon, Aug 13, 2001 at 09:54:22PM -0700, Rob Hudson wrote:
> > You can download the floppies. I think there are 2 boot floppies and
> > 4 driver floppies. Once those are loaded, you can point it to the net
> > for the rest.
> >
> > -Rob
> >
> > > On 20010813.2133, Christopher Maujean said ...
> > >
> > > Due to my lack of a reliable (read fast) burner, I prefer to install via ftp or
> > > NFS.
> > > I'd like to try debian, but cant seem to find instructions for installing via
> > > NFS or ftp. Is this possible? or will I have to deal with downloading the iso
> > > and burning a disc on a 2x usb burner hooked up to a Mac?
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