Re: Debian DVDs

2001-07-19 Thread exa

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On Thursday 19 July 2001 03:00 am, GOTO Masanori wrote:
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> ISO 9660 rockridge extension.
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> This DVD includes not only Debian but also other archives,
> article sample program, and commercial products for evaluation
> purpose. I guess the creator of this DVD thought to make easy
> access from other OSes.
>

Then simply making a single huge iso image will be satisfactory, is that 
correct? Interested vendors can burn debian DVDs easily.

Thanks,

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Help with Debian GNU/Linux Installation

2001-07-19 Thread Narasimhamurthy Giridhar

Hi 
I am trying to install Debian GNU/Linux on my PC. I have a few ?s.
1. Can I burn the kernel images, loadlin.exe, the driver files(.bin) and
the base system files(.tgz) directly and use it for installation. OR shuld
I burn it in some particular format like ISO and then use it??? I have
access to a CD writer on Windows only. The software is DirectCD. How do I
create an installation CD from this??
2. Do I need the DOS Installer Batch files for CD ROM installation. If so
why??
Thanx and Regards
Narasimhamurthy Giri, 
Clemson University Computer Science Dept.
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Help with creating installation CDs

2001-07-19 Thread Giri X

hi
I am trying to install Debian GNU/Linux on my PC. I wanted to know if i culd 
burn the images that are in formats like .bin, .exe, .bat and use them for 
installation. I have access to CD writers only on Windows. The CD writer 
software is DirectCD.
Thanx and Regards
Girix
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Re: Help with Debian GNU/Linux Installation

2001-07-19 Thread jason andrade

On Thu, 19 Jul 2001, Narasimhamurthy Giridhar wrote:

> Hi 
> I am trying to install Debian GNU/Linux on my PC. I have a few ?s.
> 1. Can I burn the kernel images, loadlin.exe, the driver files(.bin) and
> the base system files(.tgz) directly and use it for installation. OR shuld
> I burn it in some particular format like ISO and then use it??? I have
> access to a CD writer on Windows only. The software is DirectCD. How do I
> create an installation CD from this??
> 2. Do I need the DOS Installer Batch files for CD ROM installation. If so
> why??

i don't really think you want to re-invent the wheel again in terms of
producing a debian ISO image.

you basically have a few different ways to install debian - you will want to
read the documentation a bit more, or otherwise look at the LinuxDoc project
(www.linuxdoc.org - pick your closest mirror)


the short answer is:

you can install debian via the network - download the boot images, write
to them to a floppy and boot from them.  then do your installation via
http or ftp from your closest debian archive (mirror, or otherwise)

you can install debian via a pre-built ISO image.  the latest stable
release (potato - 2.2.r4) is available a number of different methods.

go to http://cdimage.debian.org and use their system to figure out how to
create or obtain a cd image.

there are a number of sites out there which also directly make cd images
available - our local mirror is http://planetmirror.com/pub/debian-cd/

once you have the 3 ISO images, burn them and then boot from them assuming
your hardware supports bootable installation.

-jason


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