Michael Fothergill wrote:
Dear Debianists,If I wanted to install etch as a net install, how do I do this? On the installation web page there is a choice of a weekly snapshot or a daily built image. The daily built image has a netinstall CD in it.Is there a netinstall CD for the weekly one? I have never tried to install Etch.
Did you download the Etch RC1 installer from http://www.debian.org/devel/debian-installer/? Choose "netinst CD image (100-150 MB)". Burn the ISO image to a CD. Boot from the CD and press F3 at the prompt. You can choose a curses-bases installer or a GUI installer. The installer will install all the latest packages in Etch directly from the repository. You will need a broadband connection.
Have a look at section 4.2 in http://newbiedoc.berlios.de/wiki/Installing_Debian_on_a_small_partition for what to expect for a network install for Sarge - Etch is similar.
-- Chris.