Re: [seul-edu] Also about Debian woody anyone know which cd's arerequired to install it?

[Karl <jackal@raptor.slc.edu>]

Matt,

You might even find the base 3 CD's for around $5 bucks if you look
around: http://www.debian.org/distrib/vendors


Please CC me if you have any more Debian questions,
i may be able to offer another 60-70 cents worth.

  -Karl

On Sun, 16 Dec 2001, Karsten M. Self wrote:

> Date: Sun, 16 Dec 2001 17:56:51 -0800
> From: Karsten M. Self <kmself@ix.netcom.com>
> Reply-To: seul-edu@seul.org
> To: seul-edu@seul.org
> Subject: Re: [seul-edu] Also about Debian woody anyone know which cd's
>     are required to install it?
> 
> on Sat, Dec 15, 2001 at 07:33:43PM -0500, Matt Jezorek (matt@bluelinux.org) wrote:
> > Seems to be 7 cds in one of the places I have found iso's of debian,
> > any clue which ones are required to setup a basic system? I found a
> > nice application for infrastructure that will only run on debian but
> > it does have a ldap address book and other stuff in it. Actually a
> > pretty nice project for infrastructure
> 
> Strictly, all you need is the base installation tarball and networking
> support.  This need not be from your Debian install -- committing Robin
> Miller's sin, there's more than one way to do it, and I've installed
> Debian chrooted under other distributions.
> 
> Debian is strongly geared (though not dependent on) over-the-net updates
> and upgrades.  Once you've got minimal support, generally your base
> storage, peripherals, and networking, you can craft up your system from
> there.  Strictly, the answer to your question is "none", but that's
> probably not particularly helpful.
> 
> For a straightforward, from-CD, installation, I'd strongly recommend you
> pick up a set of ISOs from Linux Central or a similar distro seller, and
> go from there.  Cost is ~ US$10 for the three-disk set that comprises
> Potato.
> 
> If you want to try an over-the-net install, the LNX-BBC bootable
> GNU/Linux CDROM has an installer on it, debbootstrap, IIRC.  This will
> install the remainder of the system over a network connection.
> 
> For other alternatives, the various installation methods are well
> documented at the Debian Project's website.  Assuming an x86 system:
> 
>     General installation:
>     http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/i386/install
> 
>     Chapter 5, Methods:
>     http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/i386/ch-install-methods.en.html
> 
> Peace.
> 
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