Slink doesn't support installing the base system via http. (but once base is installed you can use apt-get/dselect to install packages via http)
You can however make about 10 floppies (rescue + drivers + 7 * base disks IIRC) There are other ways, but that depends on what sort of other machines on your network that you have access to. You could NFS mount the base system files off another Unix based machine. I've even seen a web page where someone installed base using a laplink cable and PLIP. Potato may be able to be installed using less floppies, and is almost at the point of being labelled 'stable' .. Any particular reasons for choosing Slink over Potato? - Chris Kenrick -----Original Message----- From: Mark Bathie [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, 14 August 2000 2:06 PM To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: install of slink I want to install slink/stable on a new machine initially via floppies, then off a network (http). For some reason (unlike previously) when I go to install the base system, i t does not give me the "network install" option. All the others are there i.e. "cdrom, NFS, mounted partition, etc". I am using the rescue1440.bin file to initially boot the machine from floppy. Any ideas as to why this option does not show ? cheers, mb. -- Mark Bathie - B.InfTech phone: +61 7 3365 7236 Database Administrator, Information Technology Services The University of Queensland 4072, Australia ----------
