LeRoy D. Cressy on Thu, 9 Sep 1999 12:00:27 -0400 (EDT) |
Hi All, apt-get and apt-config are good good solutions for installing over ftp. I prefer using dselect or dpkg -iGROEB of my mirror of the Debian Potato Distribution for just an update. Concerning any Linux distribution is available on the web and ``should'' be loadable through ftp or nfs. This is how Linux originally was spread :-) Steve Creel wrote: > > Debian's 'apt' will let you do an ftp... you've gotta do the base set of > like 6 disks or something, but all your normal packages are ftp-able with > the package manager.... > > ____________________ > Steve Creel > screel@nothinbut.net > > On Tue, 7 Sep 1999 umweber@mcs.drexel.edu wrote: > > >What other distributions besides redhat allow you to install over ftp? > >I have a box here with only a 420 meg hard drive, a nic card, and a floppy > >drive, so ftp install is really the only option, and I wanted for once to -- 0 0 L & R Associates " Home Page: http://www.netaxs.com/~ldc/ _______ooO ~ Ooo_______________________________________________ LeRoy D. Cressy /\_/\ ldc@netaxs.com Computer Consulting ( o.o ) Phone (215) 535-4037 > ^ < Fax (215) 535-4285 _______________________________________________ Plug maillist - Plug@lists.nothinbut.net http://lists.nothinbut.net/mail/listinfo/plug
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