On Thu, Aug 23, 2001 at 11:38:22AM +1000, Anthony Towns wrote: > On Wed, Aug 22, 2001 at 03:11:32PM -0500, Nathan E Norman wrote: > > > > > So I'd say about 30% of machines I see need the whole base install done > > > > > from floppies. > > > > So how does it help to have a 24MB file on the CD? > > > Because the machine down the hall has a CD drive and a floppy? > > In which case you could use a script to generate the file, then split > > it onto the floppies (you're going to have to split it whether it's > > on the cd or not). > > This assumes the machine down the hall is running Debian, or at least > something Unixy. If it's Windows only, you've got a tough time trying to > split it by hand, no? Uh, so you're saying the machine down the hall is a micros~1 box, but since it has a cd drive we can insert the debian cd and then share the 24 MB base tarball over the network somehow? I suppose that's possible though I really can't imagine it's going to happen that often. -- Nathan Norman - Staff Engineer | A good plan today is better Micromuse Ltd. | than a perfect plan tomorrow. mailto:nnorman@micromuse.com | -- Patton
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