Go to http://cdimage.debian.org to find the easy way!
Matthew Sherborne > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, 10 October 2000 2:36 p.m. > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: Re: Article: Debian's Daunting Installation > > > I had tried ftp'ing from /debian/dists/potato/main/binary-i386/. > It contains > far too many files to fit on a CD. And it doesn't contain the > boot images and > other non-.deb stuff. > > So how did I finally get my bootable CD? I (ahem) > > (1) Downloaded the first 2MB's of the .iso image > > (2) Loop mount'ed the partial image and then typed at the mount point > something like "find ." to get the CD file list. > > (3) Used gedit to search and replace the "./" in the file list > with something > my ftp program could recognize (turning for instance "./dist/potato/" into > "ftp.foobear.net/pub/linux/dist/potato") > > (4) Fed the URL's to my ftp program, and waited, and waited (some more) > > (5) Tweaked the files a bit to get the symlinks to work. > > (6) Picked a nice boot image (which BTW is to be found in > "/dists/potato/main/disks-i386/" and not in package directory > "/debian/dists/potato/main/binary-i386/") to feed to mkisofs's > "-b" option. > > (7) And burned, baby, burned. > > On Mon, 09 Oct 2000, David Wright wrote: > > Quoting [EMAIL PROTECTED] ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > <snip> > > > My main complaint is against the Debian ftp directory > structure: Unlike with > > > Redhat and Co., you can't just copy the files off the ftp site (unless > > > you're willing to put up with the truly daunting 650 MB iso > download). Debian > > > lumps together the various architectures, such that a simple > recursive ftp from > > > (target site)/pub/linux/distributions/debian/ won't do the > trick. Redhat, on > > > the other hand, has separate directories for the files needed > for i386, sparc, > > > alpha, etc. (I'm not sure if things will remain just as neat with the > > > multi-CD Redhat 7.0). > > > > I don't understand. I see .../debian/dists/potato/main/binary-i386/ > > so what's that but the architecture? Or did you expect to see the > > architecture above the Debian distribution in the tree? > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe > [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > >
