Windoze is notoriously bad about downloading binary files because it always wants to apply some filter or file `opening' program.
But, assuming that you can get the rescue and root disk donwloaded and written to good floppies, the net install will go pretty smooth from then on, especially if you just take defaults. -- Sincerely, David Smead http://www.amplepower.com. On Fri, 19 Apr 2002, DSC Extra wrote: > > Michael> Attempt 4-trying the impossible: downloading a Tarball > > Michael> over Windoze and my slow line. > > > > If you have a weblink that will work with linux why not just use a net > > install. The problem above is probably not with woody, but with your > > floppy drive. Floppies are notoriously unreliable, and the install > > manual (for Potato) warns against using them. > > > > I used a floppy install recently and found that I had similar > > problems, but I could fix them by using different floppies and > > different drives in every case. > > As a matter of fact, I did grab the tarball, and did everything without a > floppy > drive. It still > errored out. I'm not doing a net install at this point, because my potato has > been hashed > (pun, there). But if need be, I probably will *install potato* again, then > apt-get woody. > > Part of the problem is that I am a relative newbie. > > However, at this point I am thinking that there is something wrong with the > Dbootstrap > program that was set for upload. Being a newbie, of course, I could be wrong. > But I just keep getting this nagging feeling that part of the goal of having a > web download site > is that it should be possible to do a new install by downloading the parts and > running the installation > program. > > - Michael > > P.S.: I should note that I probably am not eligible to get the mini-CD [non-US > export restrictions] > and it would take longer than it's worth, since I'm off in a remote corner of > the > world. [The > restriction applies to me especially since I'm a citizen of the Land of the > Free, > and a total coward > when it comes to dealing with the government of the Home of the Brave.] I'll > just wait until I can > actually install things over the web. > > > > > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
