Network Debian Install

[Ben Pfaff]

Dan Nguyen <nguyend7@cse.msu.edu> writes:

> On Thu, Sep 21, 2000 at 06:15:45PM -0400, Ben Pfaff wrote:
> > Dan Nguyen <nguyend7@cse.msu.edu> writes:
> > > Option 2.
> > > 
> > > The 2 floppy install.  Write only rescue.bin and root.bin to
> > > floppies.  Write base2_2.tgz and drivers.tgz from
> > > ftp://debian.egr.msu.edu/debian/dists/potato/main/disks-i386/current/ 
> > > to an open partition (ie. windows, or cdr disk).
> > 
> > You can retrieve them over the network, too.
> 
> I know that you can for NFS.  But I'm unaware of retrieval by ftp or http.

The potato installer has HTTP download support (unless they
removed it for some reason in the last week before release - I
haven't checked the release version, just a late prerelease).
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