On Sat, Dec 30, 2000 at 11:24:33AM -0800, Bill Smith wrote: > I was looking at the new installation instructions with the idea of > obtaining and installing Debian, but when accessing > > http://www.debian.org/releases/2.2/i386/install > > I failed to understand the language (mine is English). > > Thought you'd like to know. :-)
This is a common problem with content negotiation, take a look at http://www.debian.org/intro/cn.en.html for more information. In order to see the Installation manual in English, use http://www.debian.org/releases/2.2/i386/install.en.html > BTW, I am sure it is still too much a dream, but wouldn't it be nice if one > could download a "boot floppy" and install the OS seamlessly from the > Internet! I am sure the image is much to large to be practical in most > circumstances. You can do something like that with Debian, but you'd need more than just one diskette, and the procedure isn't really documented. -- Digital Electronic Being Intended for Assassination and Nullification

