Dead End in your web site

[Ed Greenberg <edg@greenberg.org>]

On page http://www.uk.debian.org/debian-cd/ch11.html
you write:

> You want to install Debian GNU/Linux on one computer, and that computer 
> has a free Internet connection.
> -!- Solution: You don't need to download the CD images at all.
> Download the /dists/stable/main/disks-XXXX/ directory from a Debian FTP 
> mirror (addresses: http://www.debian.org/distrib/ftplist); substitute the 
> `XXXX' for your architecture, for example `i386' or `alpha'. This one 
> directory is all you need to get Debian up and running. After this, your 
> new Debian system can connect directly to a Debian FTP mirror to 
> automatically fetch and install anything else you need.
> The CDs contain vast amounts of programs that you won't use at all. The 
> procedure described above will thus save you lots of download time (i.e. 
> you can start installing much earlier) and will also reduce the strain on 
> our heavily loaded FTP servers. Another advantage is that, using this 
> method, your system can be upgraded automatically when new packages arrive 
> on the FTP sites (you don't have to wait for a new CD).

So this is great advice, and I am doing it, but where do I go next? I could 
not find anything in the "installation manual" that talked about using the 
'disks-whatever' directory as a starting point for an internet based install.

I will figure it out, I guess, but you might consider expanding this page a 
bit for future users.

I am not yet a member of debian-cd so if there are replies that might get 
me going, I'd appreciate a copy.

Thanks,
</edg>