Re: Installing suitable linux distro on Dell Inspiron 5100!

From: Raqueeb Hassan (raqueebh_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 05/13/04

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    Thanks Stefan for the info. Now, what I understand that, you've done a
    "net install" with a minimal cd install. Now in debian.org I found
    some unofficial net install images for the "stable" release at
    http://www.debian.org/CD/netinst/. I guess, for intel they have 4
    images ..

    for i386
               | - vanilla
               | - idepci
               | - compact
               | - bf2.4 (experimental)

    now, which one should i use? Should it survive on net connectivity
    over ppp?

    Thanks in advance.

    Raqueeb Hassan
    Congo

    Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> wrote in message news:<jwvpt99pnzd.fsf-monnier+comp.os.linux.portable@gnu.org>...
    > > should work initially. I know redhat 9 or mandrake 9.2 should work
    > > fine but, I can't download 3 iso image CD's right now. So, I need a
    >
    > I'd try Debian (not "stable" but "testing" aka Sarge) with a net-install.
    > I did it recentl and had very little trouble. I didn't even burn a single
    > CD for it: make a tiny new partition, copy the boot files and the 100MB
    > rootfileystem, make the boot files bootable, reboot, and then follow
    > the signs.
    >
    > I used a recovery disk with a minimal GNU/Linux system on it to make the
    > partition, write the files, and setup LILO to boot them. It would have been
    > even easier (read: no external boot media) if someone had written a mingw
    > program that does it.
    >
    >
    > Stefan

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