On Thu, Dec 14, 2006 at 10:15:57AM +0000, Chris Lale wrote:
Michael Fothergill wrote:
Dear Debianists,
If I wanted to install etch as a net install, how do I do this? On
the installation web page there is a choice of a weekly snapshot or a
daily built image. The daily built image has a netinstall CD in it.
Is there a netinstall CD for the weekly one?
I have never tried to install Etch.
Did you download the Etch RC1 installer from
http://www.debian.org/devel/debian-installer/? Choose "netinst CD image
(100-150 MB)". Burn the ISO image to a CD. Boot from the CD and press F3
at the prompt. You can choose a curses-bases installer or a GUI
installer. The installer will install all the latest packages in Etch
directly from the repository. You will need a broadband connection.
You don't _need_ a broadband connection. You can even do it without any
connection at install time. I'm on dial-up with a wonky phone line.
Rather than risk the install dying due to a failed line, I just do a
minimal install with the netinst.iso then install from within the
minimal system.