Just an idea how to somewhat reduce the number of CDs required for an
installation party:
Essential requirement: the installed PC should have a network card.
Having a network card might be more common then it used to be with the
spreading of fast Internet connectivity and having some boards with on
board Ethernet interfaces.
I guess you already figured out the rest:
1. In addition to preparing a suitable partition the owners of the PC
to be installed will create the boot floppy set from a site that
will be pointed out to them. They will run these floppies according
to instructions that will be given to them. Besides get them to be
able to run part of the installation by themselves this can reveal
in advance hardware that is likely to be problematic.
2. The organizers of the installation party will deploy a LAN.
Hopefully this reduces mainly to a HUB and some long network cables.
3. Installation will be through the LAN.
Beside the question of whether it is not better to produce more CDs then
to go through this procedure I wonder if this procedure will not make
the installation longer.
Yet I do believe that currently it will be best if every new installee
will be given a CD set.
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