RE: network install via dialup?

From: Preston Boyington (PBoyington_at_polyengineering.com)
Date: 12/18/03

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    > -----Original Message-----
    > From: James Miller
    > Sent: Thursday, December 18, 2003 12:20 PM
    > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
    > Subject: network install via dialup?
    >
    >
    > I'm thinking of recommending Debian to someone who has only a dialin
    > connection to the 'net. For various reasons, a network
    > install would be
    > the best option for them. Is it reasonable to expect them to
    > be able to
    > do a network install over dialup? I should also explain that
    > this will be
    > a fairly minimal system. What I would recommend them to do
    > is to install
    > the base system, then XFree (using tasksel) and a lightweight
    > window mgr
    > and maybe browser (e.g., Links - maybe Dillo). That's the
    > way the initial
    > install would look, in my thinking. Other programs could be added as
    > needed, via apt-get. Would this be feasible to do over
    > dialup? Probably
    > would take several hours, wouldn't it? Oh, and I should ask
    > whether the
    > install-base routine can resume broken downloads (in case the
    > modem drops
    > the connection or the ISP kicks them offline or something)?
    >
    > Thanks, James
    >

    I used one of the mini iso's to load Woody on my Compaq laptop. I like the
    mini iso because it has a complete system and after loaded you can "apt-get"
    any other program you wish. check the debian.org site and look for "net
    install" or similar. The one I used was the "Lord Sutch" mini iso and now
    this is the only way I load Debian on my computers. It will take a while to
    download things like KDE and GNOME (if you use those), but apt will resume
    broken downloads. The install will mainly take time and patience with a
    dialup, but is really not that bad (if you don't mind connecting before you
    go to bed).

    good luck,
    preston
      

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