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Re: installation



On Tue, 9 Jun 1998, Tim wrote:

> How do you do?
> 
> I recently got a copy of Debian Linux 2.0, unfortunately I have no
> documentation for it and as such installation is difficult.  This will
> be my first Linux installation,  my hardware is as follows pentium 133,
> 32mb of ram, and two clean 420mb hard drives, that I would like to
> install to.  My problem is that I have no idea how to create the boot
> and root floppies.  Also if it's no trouble I would like to get a basic
> idea of how to proceed with the installation from there.  If some one
> could respond with some information on this problem I would be very
> grateful.
> 

Tim,

I'm not sure I'd recommend 2.0 for a first-time Linux installation yet (it
isn't quite ready for release).  Version 1.3 is quite stable.  I have done
one fresh installation of 2.0 without problems although some others have
had difficulties.

However, if you really want to try 2.0, go to ftp.debian.org in the
directory /pub/debian/dists/frozen/main/disks-i386/current and read
install.txt.   This tells how to create the various floppies needed plus a
lot more.  You will need rawrite2, which is in /pub/debian/tools.

Bob

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