[plug] Debian

[James Bromberger]

On Tue, Sep 26, 2000 at 03:30:11PM +0800, Garry wrote:
> One way to get a set of disks, would be to ask someone who is into Debian to
> copy them for you, and post them. BUT, you are far more likely to succeed if
> you offer to cover cost of disks and postage etc. I think maybe $10-12 would
> cover it. There is 3 disks involved. 

Bzzzt. Potato install from floppy is around 10 disks, maybe even 11. It's three 
if you have the rest of the packages available on some other meida , like 
NFS, FTP, web site, CD ROM, or HDD.

> I obtained a set of Debian disks following a chance conversation with Frank at
> the Installfest. He copied them for me for the UCC PLUG meeting the next day.
> (Thanks again Frank.)  I am interested in learning about Debian, but it may
> happen that it doesn't turn out to be my distribution of choice. 
 

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