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On Sunday 14 November 2004 9:12 am, 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?
A cover disc can provide the initial image for a CDR. Otherwise, download a CD image from Debian and burn to a CDR yourself. Unlike other distributions, you don't need a specific version of Debian - the software on the CDR can be quite old but apt will take care of upgrading to the latest version.
2. Then what next? You seem to load kdm first and then realise that you needed an x windows running?
Decide if you want to stay with Debian stable or move to testing or unstable. More on the debian site. Once the install is complete: # apt-get update # apt-get upgrade # apt-cache search xserver etc. When you find the packages you need: # apt-get install package_name
3. The box has 64mb Ram and a 2 gig hd. I want to run it as a back-up server and a test bed for MySql/PHP apps.
Then you don't need X at all.
I need to back up rather large Quick Time movies. Can I install a 160 gig hard drive at a later date or do I need to do it immediately?
Any time. You set up the mount options using /etc/fstab like any other system. Repeat apt-get update apt-get upgrade on a regular basis - I use cron-apt to do this for me. apt-get install cron-apt -- Neil Williams ============= http://www.codehelp.co.uk/ http://www.dclug.org.uk/ http://www.isbn.org.uk/ http://sourceforge.net/projects/isbnsearch/ http://www.biglumber.com/x/web?qs=0x8801094A28BCB3E3
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