On Tue, 9 Apr 2002, Federico Sevilla III wrote: > On Tue, 9 Apr 2002 at 13:31, Michael Balcos wrote: > > Thanks Eric! I'll d/l the binary install disc(s) and give Debian a spin. > > Summer is here and I can d/l and burn all I want. :) > > Uhh... I don't think bulkan.upm.edu.ph has binary install disc(s). Or if > they do, that's not what Eric's post was about. He set up a mirror that > you can add to your /etc/apt/sources.list to download individual packages > on-demand (eg: seamlessly when you apt-get install).
He can download the binary images of the floppies and then do an install over the network. After all, all he really needs are the boot/root floppies and the driver disks. My preference is to use the compact boot/root images then proceed to install everything else from the network. -- ___ Eric Pareja (xenos AT upm.edu.ph) | Information Management Service [IMS] \e/ Network and Systems Administrator | University of the Philippines Manila v ~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~ "Even the smallest person can change the course of the future." -Galadriel _ Philippine Linux Users Group. Web site and archives at http://plug.linux.org.ph To leave: send "unsubscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe to the Linux Newbies' List: send "subscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
