Thomas V. wrote:
> Hi Gregor,
>
>> Well, as I pointed out before our concern is that at the location in
>> question the _connection_ might not be very stable and that's why we
>> think about downloading isos ...
>
> Try this One :
> http://cdimage.debian.org/pub/cdimag...c2/sarge-i386-
> netinst.iso
> It's a 108Mo CD. If you dont need a Big Desktop machine, it will be better
> to download this ISO and the updates & others packets using apt, the
> debian packet manager than downloading 1, 2, ... or 15 CD.
> Moreover, the Internet packages will be *up-to-date*.
>
> --
> Thomas V.
Last Friday I used KNOPPIX 3.7, a LiveCD made from a single iso, to install
Debian on my box at home. It is a Debian "testing" version, but
the /etc/apt/sources.list file has "stable", "testing", "unstable" and some
other catagories in it. I booted the Cd and after KDE appeared I opened a
console and su'd to root, no password necessary. Then I issued
knoppix-installer and selected the 3rd option so I could select ReiserFS as
the fs. The first install option defaults to ext3. In twenty minutes
about 1.8GB was installed. I opened a root console and issued
apt-get update; apt-get upgrade; apt-get dist-upgrade; apt-get autoclean
and followed it up with auto-apt updatedb. 101MB of downloaded updates
later it was finished. I opened KPackage and searched the "UNINSTALLED"
section for Bastille, then installed it. Answered a few questions and I
had a 100% stealth box, if grc.com shieldsup! is to be believed.
Another fast way to get a Debian install is to use the free 'trial' editon
of LibraNet 2.8.1 at
http://www.libranet.com/trial_download.html. It is a
two iso set that can be freely downloaded from their site. Being Debian
based is is fully free and updateable. You can, of course, pay for it if
you want support. On my wife's box it even automatically installed 3D for
her nVidia card. Do the same apt-get sequence shown above.
From the Debian Apt Howto:
"If an installation breaks in the middle of the process and you find that
it's no longer possible to install or remove packages, try running these
two commands:
# apt-get -f install
# dpkg --configure -a
And then try again. It may be necessary to run the second of the above
commands more than once. This is an important lesson for those adventurers
who use `unstable'. "
And, if you want to keep your box tuned to a specific version of Debian then
this ULR is important:
http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/ap...efault-version
--
GreyGeek