Re: Debian installation by newbie

From: Colin Watson (cjwatson_at_debian.org)
Date: 07/30/03

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    On Wed, Jul 30, 2003 at 09:31:38AM -0500, Shashank Bhide wrote:
    > Could you tell me how to install Debian ? I got to the archives
    > section (I want to install Potato and then upgrade to
    > woody.....learning process), but there are a lot of files and I am
    > confused as to which files I need to use in order to get the OS
    > installed. Do I need to burn CDs? Or the floppy disk images are
    > sufficient?

    Have you read http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/installmanual? Have
    a look there first (in particular, chapter 4 tells you what files you
    need) and then come back if you have any questions.

    Cheers, 

    -- 
Colin Watson                                  [cjwatson@flatline.org.uk]
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