[svlug] SF South Bay: Debian Potato CD?

[J C Lawrence]

On Wed, 17 Jan 2001 20:07:36 -0800 
Rick Moen <rick at linuxmafia.com> wrote:

> Although, really, you might want to do what I do, which is start
> the install off of any old thing (e.g., one of the floppy disk
> install sets, comprising from two to five disks, depending on
> drivers included), then retrieve all else off the Net.  Suits my
> needs even on low-speed connections, given that I install Debian
> the sensible way -- building up desired packages rather than
> attempting a kitchen-sink approach.

My favourite method of installing is `dd`.  Just dupe an existant
install.  I've slowly built a library of Debian Woody installs on
10G, 15G, and 20G IDE drives and 9G wide SCSI, so I'm pretty well
covered there).

Next up is the Linuxcare BCCD.  Just pop it in, hit "debinstall",
and suck everything off the wire.  And yes, local mirrors help a
lot.

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