On 03-Sep-99 Ron Stordahl wrote: > David said: > >> How does zero floppy install stack up? >> >> I installed my latest Debian slink from a single CD with no floppy >> at all. In fact the floppy did not work at all, a fact I didn't >> discover until much later. Once the system was up, I pulled all the >> updates off the net. >> >> --David >> David Teague, [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Yes it can be done that way (no floppy and single CD), but with the binary > now occupying 2 CD's, its best to boot from CD-1(most modern pc's support CD > booting), do all the preliminary things....when you get to the dselect step > you first do the U and I steps using CD-2, then repeat the U and I steps > with CD-1 THEN do the A (Access) step selecting 'apt' and repeat the U and I > steps and THEN do the C (configure step). I am pointing this out simply for > the benefit of beginners like myself who initially did not know the correct > sequence for the 2 CD's. > > Of course you could skip the U and I steps with the CD's entirely, but > unless you have a fast network connection downloading much of which is > available on your CD's will be a lot slower than first taking advantage of > what is on your CD's.
What I did with my system, and worked very well, is use both CD's at the same time! I have a CD-ROM drive and a CDRW drive. I booted off the bootable one, installed the base system, rebooted, mounted /dev/hdc on /cdrom, and /dev/hdd on /cdrw, and added these lines to /etc/apt/sources.list: deb file:/cdrom/debian stable main contrib deb file:/cdrw/debian stable main contrib I then ran apt-get update, switched back to the Debian Install on console 1, skipped [U]pdate, and ran Install. Simple, no problems. Of course, you have to have the second cd-rom. I've also done floppy-less and cd-less installs on other machines, by copying the base to another partition from Windows, installing the base, then pointing dselect to the computer with the CD. --- Regards, Wim Kerkhoff [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.canadianhomes.net/wim Running Windows on a Pentium is like having a brand new Porsche but only be able to drive backwards with the handbrake on. (Unknown source)
