Hello Nick, others Am going to try the net install route as it offers the best hope of keeping a server up to date and doing updates etc for a live working system.
obviously am playing with it on a temp box at present but pain = learning and the closer to basic install I can do then the more i will learn :-} I had heard of the apt get type system debian employed so am keen to see how it goes over the internet. Thanks for all the help Shane ======= At 2005-04-06, 11:58:19 you wrote: ======= > >On Wed, 06 Apr 2005 10:59:22 +1200 >IT Support NZ wrote: > >> I have got downloads of Fedora, Knoppix, KDe and Gentoo. I am however having >> trouble figuring out where to get a download of debian. > >http://www.debian.org/distrib/cd > >> >> I have been to the jetstream games site mentioned by CS but mostly find gz >> files. I presume debian is a source disto only? No binary files? >no, its all binaries, although they also package the source complete >with tools to compile them "the debian way" - there are some license >based exceptions like pine which has a license forbidding the >distribution of binaries made from patched sources, and so you have to >build it yourself to get the "debianised" pine. Such exceptions are >pretty rare. > >One of the problems with debian cd's is that the target is constantly >moving. i.e. what is in stable today will be different to yesterday and >tomorrow. you can either get a full iso from the above reference, in >which case there will be quite a bit of updating to do after you >install. or follow the suggestion and use jigdo, which builds you an up >to date cd. > >Alternatively you can go with a network install over the internet as >others have suggested, this is probably less downloading than jigdo, as >it will only download what you actually want. >> >> >> >> Shane >> >> >> > > > > >-- >No virus found in this incoming message. >Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. >Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.9.3 - Release Date: 5/04/2005 > >. = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = IT Support NZ [EMAIL PROTECTED] 2005-04-06 -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.9.3 - Release Date: 5/04/2005
