on Sat, Oct 27, 2001 at 02:52:50PM +0800, csj ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > On Saturday 27 October 2001 03:17, Karsten M. Self wrote: > [...[ > > Once you've updated your sources lists from online and switched to > > Woody, you're likely going to find none of the packages on CD are > > considered up to date. This is among the reason few seasoned Debian > > users install from CD -- base tarball plus boot floppies is generally > > sufficient, packages are snared over the 'Net. > > I'm just curious, what exactly are these files? My own mini-Debian > installer consists of the following files: > > base2_2.tgz > basecont.txt > drivers.tgz > kernel-config > linux > rescue.bin [2.88MB floppy version] > > It would help newbies with a little bandwidth to burn if somebody cooks > up an official Internet friendly Debian ISO image. Pop the mini CD in. > Tick whether you want stable, testing or unstable. And voila, an > up-to-date Debian system. Defenestrate those half-GB+ ISO's.
http://www.lnx-bbc.org/
It's not just a Debian installer, but it's got two of 'em. LNX-BBC is
way fucking cool.
Peace.
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