Serial line installation is extremely slow. I would recommend the parallel port (PLIP) connection. There is a Howto, and although some of the stuff was a bit outdated, I managed to install Debian 2.0 on an old machine that way. It's been a while, so I don't remember too many details.
I did have to prevent apt-get from trying to mount the CD locally (there is a switch). - Josef -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]