[ale] Debian distribution

[Jerry Z. Yu]

while we are still on Debian, let me ask something here. I have a toshiba
T4700CS which I want to convert from DOS to Debian. I need base only. the
notebook doesnot have a NIC, but has serial/kermit. I've tranfered
base2_2.tgz to it through kermit. I wonder if I can use this base2_2.tgz
for a base install or I have to get all 10 base images like I did with
Debian 1.3 :-)


 On Wed, 18 Apr 2001, Jeff Hubbs wrote:

#I have been trying to set up an old 486SX for DNS/DHCP.  I started with
#Red Hat, but when the FTP install wouldn't allow non-anonymous FTP I
#threw up my hands and gave Debian a shot for the first time.  The
#install worked and the machine booted just fine and its networking
#worked just fine, but I was too Debian-new to be able to get the
#services I wanted in place and JUST those services, so I gave up on it
#too.  But, I wound up really impressed with the whole apt-get
#mechanism.  Bear in mind that I wasn't using X or anything and I had no
#books or anything to go by, so I acknowledge that it was MY limitations
#and not Debian's that caused me a problem.
#
#Just to finish the story, I went back to using Red Hat (I figured out
#how to accomodate the anon-only FTP), but only just last night did I
#find out how to get eth0 to work after install (run modprobe, enable the
#card in netconf, and add an alias line to conf.modules).
#
#- Jeff
#
#hirsch at zapmedia.com wrote:
#>
#> Fulton Green writes:
#>  > If you're pretty new to Linux, "generic" Debian might be a challenge for
#>  > you (then again, that could prove to be a valuable experience for learning
#>  > what makes Linux tick). On the other hand, there is a commercialised Debian
#>  > called Progeny Debian ( www.Progeny.com ) now available for download or
#>  > purchase. It promises several "user-friendly" enhancements. And it was
#>
#> And I'm a pretty experience Linux user, though new to Debian, and I
#> found the progeny CD a disaster.  I wouldn't recommend it to anyone,
#> unless they've made a lot of fixes to it in the last week.  I'm going
#> to try standard Debian tonight.
#>
#>  > co-founded by Ian Murdock, the "ian" in Debian (his wife Debra, well, you
#>  > can do the math). Linux General Store ( www.LinuxGeneralStore.com ) may carry
#>  > that as well as the generic Debian CD set (make sure you get version 2.2 if
#>  > you get the generic CDs).
#>
#> Wow.  I always wondered where the name came from.  Thanks!
#>
#> --Michael
#>
#>  > On Wed, Apr 18, 2001 at 03:12:13PM -0400, Arafat Mohamed wrote:
#>  > > I'm pretty new to Linux. I've been trying to get Debian installed on my box
#>  > > but found that the CD was bad. Haven't had much luck downloading the
#>  > > distribution either. Anyone know of a place in town I can get the CD set?
#>
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