RE: Woody install from the net
The instructions I was giving assumed you could download the ~80Mb from the
/dists/testing/main/disks-XXXX/current/ directory to a Windows partition. If
you do this, you don't need **any** floppies. The base system is installed
directly from the hard drive. See s. 6.3 of the Debian Installation
Instructions, at
http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/i386/ch-rescue-boot.en.html#s-install-
drive.
I do not know if you can do a network installation over PPP.
I would also recommend that you post back to the list with questions such as
these (rather than by replying by private email), as someone else may be
better able to answer the questions. I have cc'd this to the list.
Bruce
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Lars Jensen [mailto:jensen@scs.unr.edu]
>Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2001 11:32 AM
>To: Bruce Best (CRO)
>Subject: RE: Woody install from the net
>
>
>Bruce,
>
>How many floppies do I need for the base system, in addition to the
>three with rescue.bin, root.bin, and drivers.bin? When I installed
>potato, a 15MB base2.2.tgz file was supplied at the debian site that
>contains the base system. I don't see this file in woody. My
>question is
>what to use instead. FYI: I have a ppp network connection.
>
>Thanks for your help
>Lars.
>
>On Thu, 20 Sep 2001, Bruce Best (CRO) wrote:
>
>> "Yes." The base system is what you install from the files
>you downloaded
>> (i.e., the "boot floppies" though there is no need to
>actually put them on
>> floppies). The base system is a minimalist install with
>network support,
>> which then will connect to the network and use apt-get to
>install whatever
>> other packages you want.
>>
>> Read the "Installation Instructions" at www.debian.org.
>>
>> Bruce
>>
>> >-----Original Message-----
>> >From: Lars Jensen [mailto:jensen@scs.unr.edu]
>> >Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2001 3:01 AM
>> >To: Bruce Best (CRO)
>> >Subject: Re: Woody install from the net
>> >
>> >
>> >What did you do when the floppies asked to "install the
>base system" ?
>> >
>> >Lars.
>> >
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