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MrSwitch
08-22-2003, 08:46 PM
Which of the 8 debian cds do i download to get just a basic system installed. I was going to do the floppy method but my floppy has been eating disks lately.

MrSwitch
bosox79
08-22-2003, 09:01 PM
Originally posted by MrSwitch
Which of the 8 debian cds do i download to get just a basic system installed. I was going to do the floppy method but my floppy has been eating disks lately.

MrSwitch

you really only need Cd's 1 & 5 five will boot using the 2.4 kernel you can get the ISO's here
http://www.linuxiso.org/distro.php?distro=4
jlmb
08-22-2003, 09:01 PM
In most cases you'll only need cd1.

Furthermore, in most cases it is not necessary to download all of the images for your architecture. The packages on the CDs are sorted by popularity: CD 1 contains the installation system and the most popular packages. CD 2 contains slightly less popular ones, CD 3 even less popular ones, etc

http://www.debian.org/CD/faq/#which-cd

I strongly suggest downloading the image using jigdo, is way faster....and you can get newer packages.

Luck
sharth
08-22-2003, 10:02 PM
and you can boot with the cd 5 kernel by using the command bf24 at the first screen after bios boots the cd.
JusKickNit
08-22-2003, 10:44 PM
Why do you need cd 5 for a 2.4 kernel. I only downloaded cd1 and I got 2.4.18bf kernel.
sharth
08-22-2003, 11:34 PM
i meant that as in the default cd5 kernel is bf24, when you boot cd1 with bf24 it works teh same.
MrSwitch
08-22-2003, 11:41 PM
About how long does it take to do a basic install. By basic imean a window manager (NOT KDE OR GNOME), XFree86, and Mozillia. Does it take as long as a gentoo install.

Thanks
MrSwitch
JusKickNit
08-23-2003, 12:48 AM
Off the cd's about as long as any other distro. It's not like Gentoo where it compiles from source.
JusKickNit
08-23-2003, 12:50 AM
Originally posted by sharth
i meant that as in the default cd5 kernel is bf24, when you boot cd1 with bf24 it works teh same.


Ok thanks I was curious about the cd's also.
o0zi
08-23-2003, 02:31 AM
Gentoo should take much longer than Debian, because it has to compile everything and Debian doesn't.
With the Stage 3 ISO and GRP, however, installing Gentoo could be as quick as installing Debian.