Is there a step-by-step howto do this? I _love_ apt but I have never been able to finish a debian install with the network running.
something like this... download the floppies, boot with the floppies, configure the eth0 network card and network configure apt (or whatever download server) get _these_ packages (I'm not sure what I really need) configure X start insert-your-fav-window-manager-here start using debian. -- Andy --- Gabriel Rosa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sat, Oct 26, 2002 at 12:32:25PM -0700, Mark K. Kim > wrote: > > I'm finally getting around to try Debian, but... > > > > There's 8 ISOs, including 1 NONUS. Why is it so big? > I didn't think > > Debian was that big -- all the less popular stuff is > downloaded off the > > 'net was my understanding? > > > > Should I get all 8 ISOs? What do people recommend? > > > > Thanks! > > > > sheesh, no. save your bandwidth and cdr's and download > the 3 'compact' floppy > images: root.bin, rescue.bin, drivers.bin > > if you're installing on a machine with windos, you can > even save yourself > from having to use the floppies by loading the images > with loadlin. the > recent versions allow you to load both the boot image and > root image at the > same time. > > I've found that my usual debian install is 3*1.4mb > (images) + ~180-300mb for > the packages. Usually takes about 30-40mins with dsl. > > -Gabe > _______________________________________________ > vox-tech mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Y! Web Hosting - Let the expert host your web site http://webhosting.yahoo.com/ _______________________________________________ vox-tech mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech
