At 10:20 PM 3/10/1999 -0600, Craig T. Hancock wrote: >I want tto install debina off ftp how to I make a boot floopyu I think I >look at all the doocumentation but still could't find anything
You'll actually need to download and create several floppies -- 7 to 10, depending on which version of Debian (hamm, slink, or potato). A good start is to read http://www.debian.org/releases/slink/i386/install.html. In a nutshell, you download the file images to a DOS machine, then run "rawrite2.exe" to copy those images to floppy disks (use GOOD floppy disks; you may need to go through 4 or 5 before you get one that works reliably). Once you have those disks made, just reboot off the root disk and follow the on-screen instructions. If you have a DOS partition on the machine you're installing linux on and plan to keep it a while, you might find it easier to download the images including the base2.tar (or whatever the filename is) and download loadlin and use loadlin to start the install. This method doesn't require any floppies, but you do need to keep the DOS partition until you're through with the base install.
