Re: (forw) Re: debian on sparc, how many cd's?
To Joshua - yes I am subscribed, so got it.
don't know how to use the .bz2 file
but I did get it.
To all others - thanks for the posts, I will try
to do the first cd correctly this time.
I have a friend who has a cable modem. He
can download a whole cd (about 650M) in
less than an hour. I did get the ISO's but for
some reason the cd's that I made, especially
the first one of the Debian/SPARC group
will not boot. I think I created it incorrectly.
Next time I will try Nero on a PC to see if
I can get the ISO's to burn correctly so the
cd is bootable. The files did pass the MD5
sum checks so I know the downloads were
ok and not corrupted.
thanks again to all,
charles.....
----- Original Message -----
From: "Joshua Uziel" <uzi@uzix.org>
To: <shultzjr@academicplanet.com>
Sent: Thursday, March 13, 2003 3:23 PM
Subject: (forw) Re: debian on sparc, how many cd's?
> If I wasn't a dumbass, I would have noticed the "JUNK". I assume you're
> subscribed to the list and will get it that way anyways, but just in
> case, here it is...
>
> ----- Forwarded message from Joshua Uziel <uzi@uzix.org> -----
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> From: Joshua Uziel <uzi@uzix.org>
> To: ***** charles <shultzjrJUNK@academicplanet.com>
> Cc: debian-sparc@lists.debian.org
> Subject: Re: debian on sparc, how many cd's?
> Date: Thu, 13 Mar 2003 13:10:52 -0800
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> * ***** 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.
>
> ----- End forwarded message -----
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