Re: floppy install instructions
On Tuesday 15 July 2003 17:05, Gerfried Fuchs wrote:
> * Robin Szemeti <robin@redpoint.org.uk> [2003-07-15 12:34]:
> > on page http://www.debian.org/distrib/floppyinst
> >
> > it says ...
> >
> > Download the floppy disk image files from the
> > /dists/stable/main/disks-XXXX/
> >
> > where xxxx = i386 etc
> >
> > that directory (disks-i386) etc does not exist in the current stable
> > release
>
> I like to differ, which servers have you checked?
> <http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/disks-i386/>
> <http://ftp.at.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/disks-i386/>
> they have it at least, and I'm quite confident that the other mirrors do
> have them, too.
ahh, yes.
I was of course trying the non-us version of debian stable, as that is after
all, the version I wish to install. It seems floppy install option is only
available for the USian variant?
or is it all the same thing, and a choice can be made later in the process,
in which case should the main/disks-foo dirs exist in the non-us archive too?
--
Robin Szemeti
Redpoint Consulting Limited
Real Solutions For A Virtual World
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