I've found all it takes is 6 floppys (root, rescue, 4 drivers) to install the freshest debian directly from the network. Of course I have broadband so that may not work for you but ...
I'd recommend dragging the server to a broadband access point if you could and getting everything you need and then not deleting the downloaded debs so you can cache it for the other 6 boxes. There has been some discussion on the list already about making apt-caches. Just be sure to get the source and the kernel-package scripts so you can make custom kernels as deb files. --mike On 10 Aug 2001 19:53:45 +0000, joe golden wrote: > I've got seven boxes to switch over to debian from windows NT in the next > couple of weeks. I plan to mount /usr and /home NFS. > > I have one stormix installation disk. My Debian 3 pack of CDs has a bad > first CD. Anyone changed a stormix box to straight debian? > > As a test I switched /etc/apt/sources.list to point to debian sources on a > stormix test box. Update from dselect ran fine, but told me i needed nine > hours to wait for updates. Since I am going to mount /usr NFS i don't > really need these updates in full. I think I only need one file server box > with updated /usr programs. On the client boxes I believe i mainly need a > kernel update (stormix version is 2.2.14, I plan to run 2.2.19) and updates > to /etc files . > > Any ideas on less painful ways to do this? I don't know what the kernel > version on the latest boxed set of CDs is. I suspect I would need these > upgrades even if I had straight debian CDs. > > Many thanks for any tips, warnings or informed harangues. > > Joe Golden > The Stevens School of Peacham > thestevensschoolofpeacham.com > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
