elijah r. wrote :
Debian Etch ISO images are available for download, completely free, via the internet, just like those Fedora ISO's you are downloading. I highly recommend you get the single Debian NetInstall ISO. Since you are using a Dial-Up connection, this will be the fastest way to install Debian. On a side note, what kinds of problems were you running into when installing other distros? I had problems installing most distros on a computer I built that was using a motherboard with a VIA C3 processor, which is missing the "CMOV" instruction that some 686 binaries are compiled with. Cheers, ElijahDo you know ikarios ? http://www.ikarios.com/p374-Debian.html hth. -- GérardWell Ikarios have what I want, but only will accept payment by chéque bancaire, and I can't use my carte bleue for paying online. This is incredible in the 21st century. I have to write out a cheque, get on my bike, and ride 20 mins to the post office, perhaps stand in a queue for 20 mins to buy a stamp (un timbre), then post it. 10 days later I may receive my Debian disks. I give up. I have built a new machine, and have had problems with installing Fedfora 8, Archlinux, and Kubuntu Gutsy Gibbon (7.10). Having got these distro's installed, I want to get Debian Etch installed. I only have Woody 3.0.r2 discs, and don't want to go through the hassle of upgrading to Sarge, then Etch, along with the transition from xfree86 to xorg again. Oh to hell with Debian. I have Sarge, Etch, and Lenny on another machine, and really wanted to see if there were problems installing Etch on my new machine, where I've had problems installing other distros. N.
Maybe you could have posted on the French user mailing list, maybe there's someone in your area. I'll be in France (west) next week, if you can give me a postal target (to my private mail of course !) I'll send you a couple of spare iso's for Etch and Lenny (I have multi-arch Lenny and Etch). It would work out faster than Ikarios, and I only require payment in fake monopoly® bills ... ;-)
Don't you have a LUG in your area ? Tom