[plug] debian install from floppy disks?

[Matt Kemner]

On Sat, 7 Oct 2000, tlee wrote:

> ... those 15 disk images - will they fit on one 1.44 floppy?

No, it's one image per floppy.
They are called disk images because they are an "image" of the entire
disk.
 
> ...."rescue disk"  - meaning the disk you put the images on? Yes/No?

Rescue disk meaning the disk you put the "rescue.bin" image on. See the
Debian install guide (available from the same place you get the images, in
the doc/ subdirectory)
 
> Thank for that Denis - is a mirror site one which is nearby instead of
> having  to go far afield to get download?

That's right.  You are always advised to go to a mirror site that is
closest to you (in terms of network, not geographically)

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

Correct. Potato is the currently stable version.

Slink was the previous version.

 - Matt
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