On Fri, Oct 26, 2001 at 09:12:00PM +1000, CaT wrote: > On Fri, Oct 26, 2001 at 11:58:39AM +0100, Nuno Emanuel F. Carvalho wrote: > > Is there any application for windows (or linux) in order to install > > debian using a LAN connection ? > > Grab the floppy disks and use them. There's 6 disks in total and once > you get the network drivers setup you can install the rest off the net. > > That's the simplest way. A slightly harder way will bring the total > needed down to 2 disks if you're lucky.
On a working Linux system with a network connection and some unused disk space, you can do it with 0 floppies: - Download the Debian base files and untar them somewhere - chroot into that subtree - use apt-get or dselect until you have a functional system - copy the subtree up to your real root (you'll have to fix up /etc/fstab, lilo.conf and maybe some others I'm forgetting) - cross your fingers and reboot This assumes you're willing to leave your disk partitioning unchanged. Also, I recommend that you not upgrade the kernel-image until you've successfully set up an all-Debian userland. Good luck! -- Eric C. Cooper e c c @ c m u . e d u
