On Sun, 2003-02-09 at 12:56, Gareth Williams wrote: > If you're using Debian, and don't have a way of installing on the target box > (say you have no cd drive in it), you could do the base install on another > machine, then transfer the HD and do the rest of the install yourself, with > apt-get and a network connection. Or there are other ways to get the base > system onto the target box .... if you happen to have 15 floppies lying > around ;-) hehe!
Debian can be installed off four floppies and either a supported NIC+internet gateway, or a modem+dialup account. Rescue (contains kernel), Root, and Driver1 & 2. http://debian.paradise.net.nz/debian/dists/stable/main/disks-i386/current/images-1.44/compact/ contains two driver disks (4 disks) http://debian.paradise.net.nz/debian/dists/stable/main/disks-i386/current/images-1.44/idepci/ contains one driver disk (3 disks) If you need to support weirder nics or machines, there is a full set of four disks of drivers plus the rescue and root disks. The full base install is 20 floppy images now (I installed it on my laptop using two disks and alternating the images :)
