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Re: A debian network



On Thu, 17 Jul 1997, Christopher Jason Morrone wrote:

> On Thu, 17 Jul 1997, Will Lowe wrote:
> 
> [cut]
> > 	Secondly,  I don't have a CD drive for the 486.  Is it possible
> > that I could get enough of base and nfs installed via floppy to do an nfs
> > install from the pentium?  Or is it hopeless,  and should I just move my
> > CD drive to the 486 long enough to do the install?
> 
> I don't know alot about setting Linux up as a router on a 486, but I hear
> it works well.
> 
> As for the install, you could just use Debian's ftp install option when
> you get back to school.  That how I install, works great.

I mounted my cdrom on my Pentium and did an ftp install from there to get
debian on my 486 (over my local ethernet).  It worked just fine.

Bob

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