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RE: just starting



Gary, check out the URL below for more information.  It should answer all of your questions.

(As a hint:  You don't want to download the file directly to your diskette.  You want to retrieve it to your system and then use a program called RAWRITE2.EXE to write the file to the diskette.)

But, like I said, all the info you need is at the location below:

ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/stable/disks-i386/current/install.html

If you have any further questions, ask again!

Kevin Traas
System Administrator
ValleyNet

-----Original Message-----
From:	Gary Gifford [SMTP:gifford@maui.com]
Sent:	Saturday, December 21, 1996 11:21 AM
To:	debian-user@lists.debian.org
Subject:	just starting

I am a rank beginner and I know this question will display ignorance
(perhaps terminal) but ---

I downloaded the installation instuctions from debian.org and started to
download resq1440.bin to my 1.44 floppy.  The download went quickly but I
then got a message saying the file doesn't fit on the floppy.  It is a 1.44
mb drive and the disk is a standard pre-formatted MF2HD for IBM
compatibles.  The debian.org directory indicates a 1,474,560 kb file size
and my WIN95 file explorer says the floppy has 1.38 kb available.  Doesn't
sound like it ever had a chance of working.  Am I missing something?  Can I
use the 1.2 kb series download files?  Seems like that could cause floppy
driver problems during installation.  Should I forget the whole program and
stay fat, dumb and happy in WIN95?

Thanks, (gifford@maui.com)


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