Re: New os
From: The Ghost In The Machine (ewill_at_aurigae.athghost7038suus.net)
Date: 05/19/04
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Date: Wed, 19 May 2004 00:00:13 GMT
In comp.lang.java.advocacy, Raghar
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wrote
on Tue, 18 May 2004 18:21:49 +0000 (UTC)
<Xns94EDCF24A4B24Raghar@195.250.128.45>:
>
> I would like to DL new Linux version. This time it should be a Debian.
> (Used Redhat, and Mandrake) What I'm rather puzzled is instalation CD
> requirements. It looks like I have to DL at least 3-4 CD as ISO, and there
> are few important packages even on CD 13. When I listened about their
> downloading program, I though it would be some program that would offer me
> a choice what packages I want, and then it would attempt to download them.
> I actually thought about nice GUI with package descriptions and so. Bad
> mistake it's a Linux anyway. My other problem is, I have 55 kbaud
> connection, so I would need to send intuitive installer to some computer
> inept person that would be downloading the packages.
> Blackhawk has deb packages, but I would like to have both Sun and Blackhawk
> on the same disk. Were any problems with Sun Java VM install on Debian?
> What should I know about Debian before downloading? I would like to be
> without kernel recompilation, I have some bad experiences with that (ISA
> PnP), is 2.6 kernel compiled for 686 processors on CD?
>
You can download the floppy disk images to get started;
no need to get the entire ISO (the installation system
will download the bits it needs as individual packages).
Of course it will still take awhile no matter how you do
it, but I for one have done it -- and if one puts in a
Squid proxy in the front one can "cookie-cut" multiple
machines.
Followups to a more appropriate group.
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