you actually do not need a cd at all, if you have a net connection that will stay up long enough and be a reasonable speed, you can download some floppy images and go from there, install the whols kaboodle over the internet.
On Fri, 28 Mar 2003 20:59:57+1200 Andrew Errington<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > <snip> > > I've read in your (Andy's) mail, you're using Debian 3.0 'woody'. > > Have you got the installation CDs of it? > > Er, I'm not ashamed or afraid to say I borrowed the CD (all you need > is the first CD, then you can apt-get the rest of stuff you want) and > I installed it on my own computer, and I am using it right now and I > didn't pay for it. > However, I cannot loan it to you as I no longer have it. If you are > in > CHCH itself then I might suggest that you get a copy from E-Caf in the > Arts Centre- should only cost a few dollars and you only need one > disk. There's also a CLUG meeting on Monday, so you might meet up > with someone who could give you a disk. > > However, Gareth is right, you have to have a fairly clear idea on > exactly how you want to install it, then go ahead and tell it, as it > doesn't offer much in the way of clues. You should probably install > the 2.4 kernel (type bf24 at the boot prompt) and away you go. > > The main issue I had was how to choose partition sizes. Ask around. > The other thing that threw me was after it was all installed I > realised that "all" wasn't much. I got a login prompt, but not much > else. Even on a 56k dialup I could get all the bits I wanted, but it > surprised me that some trivial things were not there and I had to > apt-get them. Oh, yes, have a list of apt repositories to hand so you > can type them in and actually get stuff. > > Anyway, now I'm happy. (Warning- you do not know what makes me happy, > so Debian might not work for you! Oh, and I have cable now, so I'm > happier than I was with dialup. It's a bit of a moving target.). > > Andy > >
