<quote who="Kenneth Burgener"> > David Smith wrote: >> I have always loved Debian for this kind of setup. I usually use the >> testing distribution, to avoid the massive updates in unstable and the >> old >> package versions in stable. The install footprint is small for a minimal >> install, around 200Mb, and even a 90Mhz processor with 48Mb RAM was >> enough >> for my little Debian testing box. Go with stable if you don't mind >> having >> older versions of php/mysql, because the security updates are available >> more quickly. >> >> Good luck! > > Do you only need CD 1 for a minimal install? > > I have been trying to download the CD ISOs all day, and BitTorrent is > dragging at 100KBps. I finally decided to go for FTP as I was getting > better performance at about 300KBps. If I only need CD 1 to test out > Debian, I would rather do that...
Yes, you only need one CD. I usually find the smallest netinst with a 2.4 kernel (this was about 2 years ago), and use that. Try it here: http://www.debian.org/CD/netinst/ This one (unofficial) is only 186MB: http://ftp.fi.debian.org/debian-minicd/woody-i386-1.iso --Dave .===================================. | This has been a P.L.U.G. mailing. | | Don't Fear the Penguin. | | IRC: #utah at irc.freenode.net | `==================================='
