installing linux

Alex Snow alex_snow at gmx.net
Mon Dec 29 10:27:30 EST 2003


where is this new debian installer located? I am wanting to try debian 
but I'd like to install from cd and the only speakup enabled cd I can 
find is ancient. it's using the 2.2.18 kernel.
On Mon, Dec 29, 2003 at 
09:06:52AM -0500, Janina Sajka wrote:
> I did an installation of Debian using the somewhat older installation
> disks available at the Speakup ftp site on a Pentium II/200 which has 32
> megs. I don't specifically know what the minimum RAM requirement is, but
> you may want to try the recently announced Debian installer on your
> system. The older one I used installed the 2.4.17 kernel, but a current
> Debian installer was just announced last week.
> 
> The Debian approach should be particularly useful as it installs a
> minimal system first and then allows you to pick and choose what to add.
> 
> Vortek, Eater Of Souls! writes:
> > From: "Vortek, Eater Of Souls!" <vortek at the-bofh.com>
> > 
> > Hello everyone,
> > I believe this question has been asked before, and therefore, I
> > apologise for asking again.
> > I'm wondering about alternative ways of installing linux.
> > I heard someone talking about installing over a serial connection, and
> > also heard about installing over a telnet connection.
> > I'm wondering which of these is possible, and with which distrobutions.
> > I have a pentium 166 with 16mb of ram, so any newer Redhat releases are
> > probably out, unless you can force it to install on a system that the
> > installer doesn't like.
> > I've heard that newer Redhat distros refuse to install on anything with
> > less than 64mb of RAM.
> > Any help would be greatly appriciated.
> > Thanks.
> > 
> > 
> > 
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> 	
> Janina Sajka
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> 
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