On Sat, 28 Jun 1997, Craig Sanders wrote: [snip] > Actually, Debian requires zero disks for installation. It can be installed > directly from a bootable cd-rom (if you have a machine capable of booting > from CD). > > If not, then you can install using two floppies - the boot disk and the > drivers (kernel modules) disk. The rest of the base system can be installed > from either CD-ROM or NFS. > > Finally, if none of those methods work for you (e.g. you have an unsupported > CD-ROM or ethernet card), you can install using six disks - the boot & > drivers disks plus four "base" disks.
In fact, Debian 1.3 can be installed without any floppies even if a bootable cd rom is not available. For this to happen you need to copy the relevant files to a dos partition and start things with loadlin. This is easier, quicker and saves the hassle of imperfect floppies. Lindsay -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
