I haven't done a CD download of Potato, but I do use it on almost all my
hosts. So let me suggest that instead of burning a CD, you try a network
install, which should go well over a cable hookup.
Just get yourself a set of 5 disk images (rescue.bin, root.bin, and 3
driver-*.bin) from (for example)
ftp://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/dists/potato/main/disks-i386/current/images-1.44/
and use them to do the network install you prefer.
Although Potato is now "frozen", it still gets regular updates to correct
urgent (mostly security) problems, new kernels as released, and so on. The
last iso's that I know of are about a month old, making them already a bit
out of date.
If you need to install to a lot of hosts, you might still do better to
mirror the Potato archive, using rsync to keep your mirror up to date.
If you really want to burn a CD, the latest Potato iso's are at
http://linuxiso.org/debian.html
Debian discourages their use, though. If you want to follow the advice of
the Debian team, you'll follow the procedure described beginning at:
http://cdimage.debian.org/
The Debian CD FAQ has information on the actual burning. See
http://cdimage.debian.org/faq.html
At 01:32 PM 7/10/00 -0700, Chris Wrobel wrote:
> Hello everone, I need some help... :)
> I'm trying to get myself the new Debian Potato distro. That is I want to
> download it off the internet and use my cd burner to make an istallable
> cd.
> Why I need help?? I have never attempted to do this over the internet as I
> got my cable not that long ago. So can someone tell me what do I need to
> make such a cd and where I can get the stuff,
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