[Gllug] Dell Poweredge 4200

[Chris Bell]

On Thu 09 Jun, Adrian McMenamin wrote:
> On Thu, 2005-06-09 at 18:48 +0100, Chris Bell wrote:

> > 
> >    Dell boxes do give problems, but why do you want to install Knoppix
> > instead of using the new Debian installer to install the now-released
> > v3.1r0a "Sarge"? There is a new installation manual complete with hints on
> > dealing with problem hardware.
> 
> 
> Because I need to get a distro on the thing to get the network installed
> and the distro I had hanging around was Knoppix.
> 

> > 
> -- 
> Adrian McMenamin <adrian at mcmen.demon.co.uk>
> 
> 

    I have a box with both a CDROM drive and a CD R/W drive, which allowed
me to boot and run from a Knoppix CD, configure a temporary network,
download an ISO image, and burn it to a writable CD.
   The Debian "businesscard" installer ISO is about 30 MBytes, and will set
up networking, download the correct kernel for your hardware, and install
"Sarge". The 100 MByte "netinstall" ISO installs only the general purpose
kernel, and is principally aimed at developers who need to do repeated
simple and possibly incomplete installations, perhaps off-line.
   There are 14 CD's in the full CD set, and just downloading the small
amount of software that you need really does benefit from a broadband
connection.
   It will probably be possible to burn some CD's on Saturday.

-- 
Chris Bell

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