Re: Tar'ed Base System?

[Richard Hodges <rh@matriplex.com>]

On Fri, 21 Sep 2001, Guido Guenther wrote:

> On Thu, Sep 20, 2001 at 03:16:55PM -0700, Richard Hodges wrote:
> > I would like to load Debian onto an Indy.  I just downloaded root.tar
> > and the instructions, but I am still wondering where to find the
> > MIPS installation binaries.

> (O.k., the docs need an update soon). Untar root.tar.gz on your
> nfs-server and export it to your indy. Setup bootp to fetch the
> kernel(the file r4k-ip22/linux) and to use untarred root.tar.gz as
> nfsroot. bootp the kernel with:
>  bootp(): ip=auto
> then.

Thanks for the first bit of info.

The root.tar is just under 6 megs, though.  Where can I find the
installation files?  That was my big question.

Thanks,

-Richard