Where's the Woody Boot Floppy Image?

2002-06-30 Thread Matthew Tedder
What image do I need to put on floppy to make it boot up for installation? I finally successfully download all 8 Woody CDs but the machine I want to test it on is an old one and won't boot off the CD ROM. I tried the rescue image... It just brought up the previosly installed Potato. Matthew

Re: Getting Woody

2002-06-27 Thread Matthew Tedder
On Thursday 27 June 2002 06:06 pm, Erik Ljungström wrote: > On Thu, 27 Jun 2002 15:01:10 -0400 > > Matthew Tedder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > As I understand, Woody is the most up-to-date version of Debian. > > > > Where can I find an ISO or all the files so

Getting Woody

2002-06-27 Thread Matthew Tedder
As I understand, Woody is the most up-to-date version of Debian. Where can I find an ISO or all the files so I can put them in an ISO and make it boot? Forget jigdo! I tried that andI just don't want to deal with all the complication of it for now. I once say an FTP site that had I think 7 o

Re: What Are the CORE parts of Debian?

2002-06-21 Thread Matthew Tedder
On Friday 21 June 2002 05:34 pm, Helgi Örn wrote: > On Fri, 2002-06-21 at 20:23, Matthew Tedder wrote: > > What exactly are the core, absolute minimum parts of Debian that would > > need to sit on a CD in order to boot and install it to the minimal point > > that one could

What Are the CORE parts of Debian?

2002-06-21 Thread Matthew Tedder
What exactly are the core, absolute minimum parts of Debian that would need to sit on a CD in order to boot and install it to the minimal point that one could then apt-get all the additional packages he/she wanted in the future? Networking not even necessarilly required yet. Essentially, so o

FHS & LSB Compliance

2002-06-20 Thread Matthew Tedder
How compliant with the FHS and LSB standards is Debian to date? Also, is LVM and ReiserFS available? Matthew -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Connecting to Network..

2002-06-19 Thread Matthew Tedder
I got Debian installed through through the net install version, but it never connected me to the network. There was a point at which it asked me if I wanted to setup a point-to-point connection, but I just want to connect to the network and the gateway server for Internet. So I said "No" and

Where is a Debian Tech. Overview?

2002-06-18 Thread Matthew Tedder
Where can I find a Debian technical overview? I am interested so I can figure out how to build my desktop server OS. That is, something that describes: a. The installation process b. What minimally must be installed c. Where everything is And, does Debian support LSB 100% yet or nearly?

Net Installation

2002-06-18 Thread Matthew Tedder
So how do I make an installation disk since my old i386 doesn't boot from CDROM? I dd'd the root.bin to floppy because the README said this was needed for the install.. I have to use rescue? That's strange.. Matthew -- Anything that can be logically explained, can be programmed. -- T

Re: Net Install Requirements..

2002-06-18 Thread Matthew Tedder
On Tuesday 18 June 2002 01:17 am, John wrote: > Oleg wrote: > >On Tuesday 18 June 2002 12:09 am, Daniel Freedman wrote: > >>On Mon, Jun 17, 2002, Matthew Tedder wrote: > >>>I'd like to install Debian on an old 8MB i386 with ~500MB of disk space. > >>&g

Net Install Requirements..

2002-06-17 Thread Matthew Tedder
I'd like to install Debian on an old 8MB i386 with ~500MB of disk space. Is this possible? Matthew -- Anything that can be logically explained, can be programmed. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]