Re: install on new computer; no cd available
On Tue, Oct 03, 2006 at 03:28:10PM -0400, Joey Hess wrote:
> dtutty@porchlight.ca wrote:
> > 1. Download and make floppies. Is there any forcast when Etch
> > will have floppy-install working? With woody, I tested that
> > I could boot from floppy then install base off the zip.
>
> I don't anticipate etch shipping with floppy images, since the changes
> needed for that have been blocked by 6 months or so by klibc changes,
> with little apparent progress.
>
> Sarge can be installed from floppies.
>
Can the sarge installer recognize SATA drives via the SATA controller
on the nVidia nForce 570 chipset? If so, I don't need to worry about
installing Etch at all, just stick with 'stable' and get Etch when it
becomes stable.
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