On Monday 18 October 1999, at 16 h 31, the keyboard of "Matthew Guenther" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> sure if it's possible to install on his computer (Zenith Z-Note L425). The > biggest problem is that he is without a CD drive, and only has a very slow > modem (9600 bps). Use the serial port. Even on a very old PC, it can goes at 38400 bps. > Is it possible to install most of a working system off of > floppies? Only the base system. After that, you have pppd and apt, so you can use the serial port to do the rest. > Would it be possible to easily transfer files between my computer > and his using a serial cable? Yes, that's what I often do with old laptops. To summary: - install the base system with floppies, - plug in a zero-modem cable to a friendly computer, - run "pppd debug [options] 38400 /dev/ttyS0" on both machines (the options depend on your setup: where are the Debian packages, do you have spare IP addresses on your network, etc) - configure /etc/apt/sources.list and run 'apt-get update'. Then 'apt-get install the-package-you-want'. > Would Debian even be the best choice for this > machine? I think so, because you can easily tune what you install, unlike "dummy-oriented" distributions.
