On Tue, Dec 18, 2001 at 10:51:46PM -0000, Ross Burton wrote: > Hi, > > I am having great trouble booting Debian on my laptop for various reasons > and basically have one option left that I can see: build a basedebs.tgz file > for Debian Testing and put in on the Windows partition, and then tell a > woody boot floppy to install the base system from that tarball. > > However, I've asked in #debian, #debian-boot and debian-user and nobody > knows how I can create this file. The machines around the laptop have a > fairly fast net connection (~35 KB/s, nothing special but better than a > modem!) so I can download large-ish files like the base of Woody. Its > downloading entire CD images which are not a good idea (shared net > connection) which is why I haven't just downloaded an entire image of Woody. > > So, if anyone here can tell me how to generate the basedebs.tgz file (it > will have to be done RedHat, btw) so that I can get debian onto my new > laptop, I can then dist-upgrade using my Sid CDs and finally have a system > to read my email with over Christmas... :)
I don't know how to generate it, although I understand it's not too hard, but there's one you can download at http://people.debian.org/~walters/debian/basedebs.tgz -- *------v--------- Installing Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 --------v------* | <http://www.debian.org/releases/woody/installmanual> | | debian-imac (potato): <http://debian-imac.sourceforge.net> | | Chris Tillman [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | May the Source be with you | *----------------------------------------------------------------* -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
