Hi dylan and Clive, Thanks for your advise. But I think I am not far from a solution, as my internet connection can be established already, the only thing "hanging" is the final connection to the specific mirror folder during running of base-config.
Referring to the mentioned link, I want to do everything without a CD burner and with files to download over my 56K modem connection not bigger than 80 MB. My intention was to install a minimal system as woody with it's kernel v.2.2.20 and then upgrade only the kernel to v.2.4.20+ and install all the other programs I might need (emacs, xfree11, Abiword, Gimp etc.) with apt-get. By the way, how can I download the 2.4.20ben8 kernel with rsync to my Mac not being able to download it through Debian? Do I damage the file when I download it through fink and store it on an HFS+ partition? befu > why not download one of the base-system iso's here: > http://www.debian.org/CD/netinst/ > > then boot the machine into macos, run bootx with the kernel and ramdisk > images from the cd or the debian ftp site. > > that seems to best the easiest way to install on an old-world machine... > > dylan > > on 03.3.14 3:12 AM, Clive Menzies at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> >> On Friday, March 14, 2003, at 07:27 am, Bernd wrote: >> >>> >>> >>> Can anybody tell my what I am doing wrong? Shall I replace the kernel >>> to v. >>> 2.4.20? I can't do it until I have a working internet connection. >>> >> I found that the 2.4 kernel series solved a lot of problems for me. >> Could you not redo the installation using MacOS to download the latest >> floppy images with the newer kernel? >> >> Regards >> >> Clive
