Re: How to copy Debian?

1997-01-10 Thread Orn E. Hansen
|Sorry, Darren, it isn't something I've ever needed to look into. |Does anyone on the list have a list of reliable NFS-mountable sites? I only know of one, in the Netherlands: ftp.leidenuniv.nl, /var/spool/ftp/pub/linux, /debian -- Ronald van Loon ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) I am waiting as

RE: How to copy Debian?

1997-01-10 Thread Shaya Potter
There was a message on c.o.l.a a while ago about a site that would allow you to do nfs installations of debian. I have the message on my computer somewhere, but I can't find it right now. Just check the c.o.l.a archives for the message. Shaya On Thu, 9 Jan 1997, Darren Klein wrote: On

RE: How to copy Debian?

1997-01-10 Thread Adam Shand
I mean how can I copy from a mirror site to my Windows machine. I do have a ftp server on Windows. You may want to check this pretty carefully. I tried a couple different Win95 FTP daemons to do what you are talking about and none of the handled the symlinks to a point that it was usable. I

RE: How to copy Debian?

1997-01-09 Thread Casper BodenCummins
Leander Berwers wrote: Situation: Next week, I have to install a few pc's with Debian. Since I do not have the CD with 1.2.1 (and my pc's do not contain a cd-rom player), I would like to do it via ftp. However, to off-load the site, I would like to copy it once to a local Windows machine with

RE: How to copy Debian?

1997-01-09 Thread Darren Klein
On Thu, 9 Jan 1997, Casper BodenCummins wrote: You could try WFTPD (Winsock FTP Daemon) by Texas Imperial Software. I don't know whether it resolves links properly, but it's small and easy to set up. A fully-functional shareware version (about 256kb) is available from:

RE: How to copy Debian?

1997-01-09 Thread Casper BodenCummins
Darren Klein wrote: Doy uo know of a WORKING nfs site for a Debian installation. I have been trying to find one.. but getting connection refused. Thanks. | Darren Klein | Internet Service Providers | (718) 962-1725

RE: How to copy Debian?

1997-01-09 Thread Darren Klein
On Thu, 9 Jan 1997, Casper BodenCummins wrote: Darren Klein wrote: Doy uo know of a WORKING nfs site for a Debian installation. I have been trying to find one.. but getting connection refused. Sorry, Darren, it isn't something I've ever needed to look into. Does anyone on the list have

Re: How to copy Debian?

1997-01-09 Thread Ronald van Loon
|Sorry, Darren, it isn't something I've ever needed to look into. |Does anyone on the list have a list of reliable NFS-mountable sites? I only know of one, in the Netherlands: ftp.leidenuniv.nl, /var/spool/ftp/pub/linux, /debian -- Ronald van Loon ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) I am waiting as fast as I

Re: How to copy Debian?

1997-01-09 Thread Leander Berwers
Dear Capser (and others) I mean how can I copy from a mirror site to my Windows machine. I do have a ftp server on Windows. Thanx Leander -- From: Casper BodenCummins [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: 'debian-user@lists.debian.org' Subject: RE: How to copy Debian? Date: Thursday, January 09

RE: How to copy Debian?

1997-01-09 Thread Casper BodenCummins
Leander Berwers wrote: I mean how can I copy from a mirror site to my Windows machine. I do have a ftp server on Windows. Have a look at the mirror package (optional, in the net category). From the Packages file: Description: Perl program for keeping ftp archives up-to-date. Mirror uses the

Re: How to copy Debian?

1997-01-09 Thread Casper BodenCummins
Leander, I said: Have a look at the mirror package (optional, in the net category). From the Packages file: Sorry: forgot to add that I have no idea how you can do this purely from Windows. I can only suggest getting a minial Debian machine with networking running, and controlling your