[NTLUG:Discuss] Sorta OT: dvd

[Lance Simmons]

* Steve Baker <sjbaker1 at airmail.net> [050219 14:05]:
> >
> >You can do a full network install of Debian with only 5 floppies.
> 
> Sure - there are more minimal Linuxen that you can install (there are
> single-floppy versions) - but that's not the point.  If I want all of
> everything (such as comes with a full install of SuSE), you need many
> Gigs of stuff - even with compression.

Just to clarify, I wasn't talking about a minimal version of Linux.
There's no 5 floppy Debian distribution.  But you can start with 5
floppies and from there download everything else you need for a complete
install.  So, if you have a local network with all the package archives
on another machine, you can quickly (as quickly as your local network
will allow) do a complete (many Gigs) Debian install on machines that
only have floppies.

-- 
Lance Simmons