install from a pile of floppies?
> you wrote------------------------------------------
Hi people,
Is it really still possible to install Debian
completely from floppy
disks?
If so, has anyone done it recently? :)
I'm asking regarding section 2.5 of the FAQ, "Can I
install it from a
pile
of floppy disks?",
http://www.debian.org/doc/FAQ/ch-getting.html#s-floppy
.
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reply>
It IS possible to install at least the base system
from floppies (but do you want to?). In my case I
downloaded the rescue & root disks, all the driver
disks and all the base disks. I then installed up to
the driver stage from floppies. I never got past the
third base floppy without an error. If you have a
dual boot machine and will down load everything (using
a different linux distro, or windows, or os2, or even
dos!) on the same machine so the floppies get written
on the same drive that will later read them you stand
a better chance of it working. At least format the
floppies on the same drive that will later read them.
I ended up downloading the base.tgz image to another
disk partition and mounting that partition to install
the base system. The rest I installed over the net
after I configured PPP.
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