The rescue.bin and root.bin only provide a bootable temporary file system for the debian setup program, but contain no kernel drivers/modules or actual system files for a base installation of debian. For this reason you will require:
1) The driver disk(s); I would recommenced that you create driver disks 1-4 if you are not sure what drivers you need exactly. But technically you can get away with using just 1 driver disk depending on your circumstances.
2) You may also need the base system disk images as well. They contain the programs needed for a completely basic debian OS. However, whether or not you need these depends on if you are going to be using a net connection to install a base system. If you have a working network connection with supported network hardware, you can select http/ftp during the installation and the setup program will pull all the required base system files down from a debian mirror. If you do not have a network connection you *will* need the base system disk images to install a basic system.
The debian installation is not as scary as it may seem. You will see once you begin, that it is fairly self-explanatory. Just remember that you *need* a 'base' system and 'drivers/modules' to have a working debian operating system.
Good luck!
Brad.
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Ivan Kolenko wrote:
Q. Can I install compact Debian i386 only with rescue.bin root.bin and driver-1.bin? Or base-#.bin are needed? Thank you Ivan Kolenko
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