Re: debian on sparc, how many cd's?
* ***** charles <shultzjrJUNK@academicplanet.com> [030313 13:01]:
> From what I understand, the latest stable Debian for Sparc
> is 3r1 and there is 6 cd's for it if I get the whole thing. What
> I need to know if I download just the first one, can I get
> enough of Linux on my SS20 to come up to a command
> prompt when I am done? Or, what is the minimal number
> of cd's I need to download and burn to get a minimal install
> with dialup networking going?
Just the first CD will do for a base installation. Better yet, grab
http://auric.debian.org/~bcollins/disks-sparc/current/netinst.iso.bz2
and use that to install the base over the network. I used it on an SS20
a few days ago, and it's a 3MB download instead of a 600MB+ one. :)
If you want to do the entire base installation locally, though, the CDs
are the way to go. Quite often, though, I'm finding myself downloading
a bunch of package with the first apt-get upgrade after installing off
CDs that are installed in the first place if I install over the network.
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