More on installation

Thanks for the info on installation. I may not need to download any stuff. I have been passed a 'debian-30r1-i386-binary-1' cd-rom with 600+ MB of content.

I start-off installation with a rescue.bin floppy, then the root.bin floppy, then proceed to load the drivers with drivers.tgz on the hard-disk. Next, to 'Install the Base System', I select cd-rom as the medium. Was prompted to 'Please place the first Debian cd-rom in the cd-rom drive.' which I did and then select 'choose from a list of all likely directories'. The response is "couldn't find directory containing basedebs.tar or lists/woody/main/binary-i386/Release.' Isn't what I have the 'first Debian cd-rom'? Could it be the format of the medium? The guy who passed me the cd-rom told me he has to do a 'mount -o loop -t iso9660..." to access the content, in Linux. What's your advice, folks? Just download basedeb.tar?