"webmail" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I am an old Unix user (SunOs) and I would like to try my hand at Debian > Linux. Here I am not even able to download it - I have made thousands > of downloads under many conditions, but, in this case, all that happens > to me is that my system (windows NT workstation) spends inordinate > amounts of time calculating how much download time it will take and does > nothing. I have DSL with a download rate of 1.2+ mbps - but no matter > what, I keep getting the time calculations and nothing else. I make a > select all and then go to "download to file," nothing happens - when I > go back to each file and select and click on the item, it downloads very > rapidly - this is a way to go, but it could take forever and a day and I > may not get everything where it belongs. Forgive my ignorance, but what > am I doing wrong??
Don't know what you're doing wrong, but I get the impression you are trying to download the whole stable (potato) tree, something that you don't really want to do. All you need to get going is the following (for an i386 machine): http://ftp.debian.org/debian/tools/rawrite2.zip http://ftp.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/disks-i386/current/base2_2.tgz http://ftp.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/disks-i386/current/drivers.tgz http://ftp.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/disks-i386/current/images-1.44/rescue.bin http://ftp.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/disks-i386/current/images-1.44/root.bin If you plan on installing from NT, also get: http://ftp.debian.org/debian/tools/lodlin16.zip (optional) http://ftp.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/disks-i386/current/linux (optional) Use rawrite2 to dump the rescue.bin and root.bin on floppies for a NT free install and boot from the rescue floppy. During the installation you can load the drivers and base system from your NT partition. Once your base system is installed, you can download whatever you need via Debian/GNU Linux! Alternative: boot into DOS mode and, assuming all downloaded files are in c:\debian, change to that directory and loadlin.exe linux root=/dev/ram initrd=root.bin disksize=1.44 Questions? Ask! -- Olaf Meeuwissen Epson Kowa Corporation, Research and Development
