On Tue, 22 Oct 1996, Vaibhav Goel wrote: > > > Hello; > > I am interested in installing Debian on a 486 machine. This machine does > not have a CDROM drive so I will have to download the whole package and > install it from floppies/ftp. Here is my situation; I will be connecting > the 486 on Ethernet to an NT box. I would like download all the packages > that I need on to that NT box and ftp those packages to the Linux Debian > machine. Basically, I would like to install the Debian base installation > using a minimum floppies. So my question is; What exactly do I need > besdies the 3 base disks, 1 boot disk and 1 root disk to get the Debian > machine talking to the NT machine using FTP.
All you need to access the NT machine is the base diskettes. I normally do NFS, but I'm 99% sure that FTP will work too. -- Daniel Stringfield mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.jax-inter.net/user/servo Send email for more information on the Jacksonville Linux Users Group! -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]