If I remember correctly, Slackware also actually still distributes its
downloads in a floppy-esque manner. I know that for the last (pre-7.0)
distribution, my husband spent hours downloading disks.
Checking out metalab's ftp site
(ftp://ftp.metalab.unc.edu/pub/Linux/distributions/slackware/slakware/)
it looks like the a- series and n- series are indeed broken to fit on
floppies. And I *think* that those are basically all you need to
install the basic system with networking - you should be able to then
download the rest of the packages and install them without any real problems.
HTH.
Mur!
On Wed, 17 Nov 1999, J B wrote:
>
> Have been following the thread on splitting files to floppy. Would this
> work to split the installation files? Or, is there a specific way to create
> floppy disks to do an install on a machine wihtout a CD-Rom? I have an old
> 486 that I am considering setting up, and it does not have a CD, and I see
> no reason to install one just to put an operating system on it. Once I get
> it up and running it will be networked to my other machines, so installing
> other software is irrelevant.
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