[TriLUG] Home installation of Linux

[Benjamin Reed]

Andrew Perrin [andrew_perrin at unc.edu] wrote:
> It's how I installed my debian boxes; if you go to www.debian.org you can
> download images for boot, root, rescue, and drivers; use these to boot the
> machine, then use the apt source pointing to a website (it's in the debian
> setup) to proceed.  Worked flawlessly for me.

And actually, for Woody you can get a pretty spiffy 30MB minimal-install CD
with the base system on it at http://people.debian.org/~ieure/netinst/ and
then the rest of the system can be installed from network.  That's how I got
debian on my (floppyless) iBook...

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