Re: [LUG] A debian diary

[Richard Brown <rich@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Guys

Got the box and I'm ready to load up Debian. But it won't boot off the 
cd rom so I need a floppy disk boot disk. Unfortunately I only have a 
Mac! No floppy drive. Would somebody create me a boot disk and send it 
to me. I have the ISO and will burn this to cd rom. I presume that as I 
am booting of floppy I don't need this to be bootable just accessable?

The other thing is, the computer doesn't have a network card. Does 
anybody have an old network card that I could have or buy?

I'll cover postage and costs in both cases.

Thanks

Rich
www.littlebigfoot.org.uk
"How beautiful on the mountains are the feet of the messenger bringing 
good news." Isaiah 52 v 7 (The Message)

On 14 Nov 2004, at 12:58, Neil Williams wrote:

> 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
>
>
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>
> Neil Williams
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