Hi, I'm a long time user of RPM-based distributions (Redhat, Suse, Demo Linux and especially Mandrake). My only experience with Debian is with Linuxcare's Bootable Business Card.
I would like to know how to make my own bootable Debian installation CD, WITHOUT the use of those humongous *.iso files. For some reason my ISP frequently turns in abysmal ftp transfer rates. I plan to use a web grabber, pavuk, to snarf the packages off the net. In particular, I would like to know the layout of the installation CD. Where are the essential packages located? Where do I find the boot floppy image(s)? A tree listing summarizing the directory structure, relative to the download site, would be fine. For example, in Linux-Mandrake the root directory of the CD, taken off ftp://atik.ciril.fr/pub/linux/mandrake/7.1/, reads: Mandrake/ doc/ dosutils/ (stuff for Bill) images/ (the boot images are found here) lnx4win/ (stuff for Bill) misc/ COPYING RPM-GPG-KEYS VERSION autorun.inf index.htm install.htm The Mandrake directory in turn contains the following files: Mandrake/ --> RPMS/ (the essential packages are located here) --> RPMS2/ (packages for the extension CD are located here) --> base/ --> mdkinst/ Also, could someone point me to a reasonably fast mirror in the Southeast Asia-Australia region?
