On Wed, 15 Nov 2006 21:28:02 -0500 (EST), "Philippe Faure" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > I was wondering, instead of burning a CD for a one time install. Was > there > a way to copy the minimal files (OS, and networking) to a floppy disk and > then run the rest of the install from there? This would > 1- not require to burn a CD to install Debian > 2- You woudl download only the apps that you wanted. > > Thank you > > Philippe
Until recently when I moved to testing for the first time I always installed debian this way. If you're lucky you'll need just two floppy images: ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/installer-i386/current/images/floppy/boot.img ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/installer-i386/current/images/floppy/root.img and I think if you have a less common ethernet card you'll also need: ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/installer-i386/current/images/floppy/net_drivers.img And it all works beautifully. However, there are no boot/root images under: ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/dists/testing/main/installer-i386/current/images/floppy and anything I tried resulted in errors messages - missing kernel header files, I seem to recall. Consequently I've never managed to install testing (etch) with anything less than a business card image burned onto a CD - and that I had to get from an unofficial source. Maybe I'm missing something, but I don't know what it is... -- http://www.fastmail.fm - Send your email first class -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
