Re: Installing woody without downloading lots of MB?
"Magnus von Koeller" <magnus@vonkoeller.de> wrote:
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> Hi,
>
> I currently have a Mandrake 8.0 and although I like some parts of it I am
> very intrigued from the experience of installing / maintaining Debian 2.2
on
> two firewalls / routers. The problem, though, is that I am depending on a
> working copy of KDE 2.2 and would very much like to try out stuff like
> XFree86 4.10 ...
>
> Now, I have Debian 2.2 CDs and a high-bandwidth but VERY expensive
internet
> connection. If my traffic costs weren't so high I would simply install 2.2
> and then upgrade to testing (woody) but that would cost me huge amounts of
> money.
use the flat access connection to get {unofficial} woody image from fsn.hu,
etc.
then burn it. (I suggest that apt-get updating and apt-get dist-upgrading
will get
you a painful bill, though).
>
> I do have access to a flat internet connection at a friend's house,
though.
> He would burn me on CD anything I want but I don't really know how I can
make
> it easily possible for him to download an update / the whole woody distro
for
> me and put it on CD.
>
> So, what's the best way for me to get a working woody distro running on my
> computer without downloading lots of stuff over my internet connection?
>
> Thanks.
>
> - -M
>
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