Re: [Debian-User] Re: More on Network Install

2007-03-11 Thread Douglas Allan Tutty
I'll start fresh and not snip. I've been away so haven't seen the start of this thread. However, I am in Canada and I am on dialup. I would suggest that you get one (any) box, get the netinst.iso for Etch and do an install but don't choose any tasks. What you get is a minimally functional base

Re: [Debian-User] Re: More on Network Install

2007-02-16 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Fri, Feb 16, 2007 at 01:42:18PM -0700, Admin wrote: > Andrei Popescu > > Thanks for your reply. Hope you don't have to snip too much. My yet > outstanding question is the POOL directory. I think the POOL directory > contains 'sarge' which would be the latest official release. But I am > not

Re: [Debian-User] Re: More on Network Install

2007-02-16 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Fri, 16 Feb 2007 13:42:18 -0700 Admin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > But everyone seems to get distracted about me wanting a local LAN > mirror of source and binanry. Granted that a dial up connection and Because this is the most impractical way to get Debian. And even if you do download al

Re: [Debian-User] Re: More on Network Install

2007-02-16 Thread Admin
Andrei Popescu Thanks for your reply. Hope you don't have to snip too much. My yet outstanding question is the POOL directory. I think the POOL directory contains 'sarge' which would be the latest official release. But I am not sure. But everyone seems to get distracted about me wanting a l

Re: [Debian-User] Re: More on Network Install

2007-02-16 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Wed, 14 Feb 2007 14:28:25 -0700 Archive <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [huge snip] The entire Debian archive is ~205 GB. You do *not* want to download that over a slow connection. Options: 1. Unless you have special needs it is enough to download the first two CDs. That's about 1.5 GB. If you ne