Re: correct files

[Robert Tucker <gubder@pacbell.net>]

ktb wrote:

> Assuming i386 and your going to do an install off the Internet -
> http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/disks-i386/current/images-1.44/
>
> Snag, at minimum -
> rescue.bin
> root.bin
>
> Read this section again -
> http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/i386/ch-install-methods.en.html
> hth,
> kent
>

After reading the above ref. I am curious as to getting on-line after I boot into
Linux. Do I need to have some files available beyond rescue.bin and root.bin?
dbootstrap is mentioned as the program to use to continue installing. Do I need this
file or is it part of the two previously mentioned files? Do I need a copy of fdisk
or is it contained within rescue or root? Do I need the base-x.bin files? AND... Can
I download the files to my current C: drive, replace the C: drive with a new hard
drive as C: and then plug the old C: back into the system a D: drive and access it
and the files it contains?

Wow... Do I know what the hell I'm doing?

Thanks for your input. Hope you don't feel overwhelmed by all these questions!


Robert