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On Sun, Nov 14, 2004 at 09:12:27AM +0000, Richard Brown wrote:
1. I have a Broadband connection through a Netgear. What I would like to do is to do an install over ftp. So what do I have to download first to make a boot disk?
I started on a PC that has Red Hat running and of course ftp via a Netgear 834 ADLS router. You can get the basic installer from http://cdimage.debian.org/pub/cdimage-testing/sid_d-i/i386/pre-rc2/sarge-i386-netinst.iso I have only just got a CD writer and I found cdrecord totally opaque so I copied the file to the Windows partition and wrote it with Nero (easy!). Then I connected the P2 machine to the router with an ethernet cable, set the PC to boot from CDROM and that's about it. The PC has two HDs, one with Windows and the other had nothing on it at all.
2. Then what next? You seem to load kdm first and then realise ...
Yes. I thought that like Red Hat, SuSE, Mandrake, etc, I would get X and KDE (or Gnome) as part of the install. SIlly me -- but I was trying to keep complaints out of the diary (it was an effort). No, once you have the basic system, log in as root, d/l the package list from ftp.uk.debian.org and apt-get what you want, eg xserver, kdm, kde, etc. What you fancy. Maybe with cdrtoaster I will be able to burn CDs, eh? Can't say yet because I don't have X working. I tried 'dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86' but it still won't work.
Can I install a 160 gig hard drive at a later date or do I need to do it immediately?
I don't know. While I write this someone will have answered the question. I think you just plug it in and create a file system with mke2fs /dev/hdb, no? Good luck Tony Sumner -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG Mail majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxx with "unsubscribe list" in the message body to unsubscribe.