[plug] debian install from floppy disks?

[tlee]

Debian "potato" is a version, just like slink was?

Trevor Phillips wrote:

> The Thought Assassin wrote:
> >
> > You should only have to write 2 or 3 floppies. The other floppies should
>
> 5 if you want all 3 "driver" disks (plus the boot & root discs), but yes,
> there's a "compact" version on 3 floppies which works fine if you have pretty
> average/standard hardware.
>
> > be replaced by a file called base.tgz or similar which can be placed on a
> > CDROM, FAT partition, NFS share, or other. (in increasing order of
> > difficulty) It's been a long time since I installed Debian (Debian never
>
> The new version also supports HTTP download of the base, so if you've got LAN
> access to a webserver (either official, or your own server), you can stick the
> large base2_2.tgz (approx 15 Meg) on a webserver & http it off from the boot
> floppies.
>
> > requires reinstallation for any reason) and I've never installed the
> > latest version from scratch, (though I've upgraded to it progressively
> > fromthree version back.) so I will leave it to others or to the
> > documentation to help you with the process once you determine where you
> > will install base.tgz from.
>
> Similar here, but I'm always converting more PCs to running Debian, so I have
> used the latest install. ^_^
>
> I don't know why people call it hard to install. Maybe it's because I've done
> it enough times, or maybe I know the answers to the questions it asks. Yes, it
> asks lots of questions, but most of the time the default is right, and the rest
> the answer's usually not too hard. And potato is quite a bit nicer to install
> than slink was. ^_^
>
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