Re: [debian-user] still floundering -> PSEUDO-IMAGE

2001-11-03 Thread Andrew Agno
> If "the Lloyder" wants another install idea I've always had good success > by doing minimum floppy disk installs and using apt-get to download > further packages. I'd have to agree with this. It's extremely easy to do. You can also download a bunch of stuff onto a (spare) partition first,

Re: [debian-user] still floundering -> PSEUDO-IMAGE

2001-11-03 Thread dman
On Fri, Nov 02, 2001 at 08:29:11PM -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: | I do not imagine that it was done in spite ;-) but the README | talks about using "When using an FTP site", | "When using an HTTP site", "It is advisable to verify this | (e.g. using a web browser) before attempting the pseud

Re: [debian-user] still floundering -> PSEUDO-IMAGE

2001-11-03 Thread Adam Warner
On Sat, 2001-11-03 at 18:54, Blars Blarson wrote: > The pseudo-image kit is an overly-complicated dificult to use solution > to a problem that was temporary. It attempts to distribute the > bandwidth utilization, but it actually winds up increasing it in > almost all instances. > > Ignore pik an

Re: [debian-user] still floundering -> PSEUDO-IMAGE

2001-11-02 Thread Blars Blarson
The pseudo-image kit is an overly-complicated dificult to use solution to a problem that was temporary. It attempts to distribute the bandwidth utilization, but it actually winds up increasing it in almost all instances. Ignore pik and just download the diban iso images. http://linuxiso.org/ has

[debian-user] still floundering -> PSEUDO-IMAGE

2001-11-02 Thread lloyder
Ugg, what a rite challenging day... I am having a dandy of a time "coming on board"... I put my ideological views aside and decided to get this beast installed. It seems that my media (CD) is bad... note to self do not discard deb CD in dusty pile for six months. Still, I will not go back to