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Re: Potato Install



Michael Shobe <mshobe1@gl.umbc.edu> writes:

> 	I am wondering which would be the best way to install Debian
> Potato or Woody.  My hardware is a bit too new for slink, and slink is
> pretty outdated, anyways.  I do not have a floppy drive in my box now, but
> I can attach one, but I am short on money, and can't afford a lot of
> floppies.  I have a blank CD and a cd-burner, and a very fast network
> connection.  I would do the ftp install option (using 1 boot disk,
> correct?), but my school uses authenticated switched routers, and I have
> to login via a webpage to access anything.  Please help, I have searched
> near and far for a way to FTP install, can't find a way to get around the
> logging in part.

Well, download the boot-floppies (newest you can get from potato) to a
DOS partition and install with 'install.bat' from local disk.

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.....Adam Di Carlo....adam@onShore.com.....<URL:http://www.onShore.com/>


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