Doc wrote:
> I beg to disagree, sir. It boots off a LOT of floppies. Six, on x86.
>
> ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/disks-i386/current
>
> although I prefer woody myself:
>
> ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/dists/woody/main/disks-i386/current
>
> Plus, AFAIK, Deb is the only one left that allows install and upgrade
> by modem.
>
No It is the recovery disk ( Stupid name ) that is the problem. I used
debian 2.0 for my system maintenance. I could shell to a command line
and maintain the system. The stupid thing is NOBODY has tar on the
system disk. The one thing about dos and few other OS's is that you
could use a floppy to maintain the system even if you had a hard drive.
I really wish linux was as easy to add drivers as msdos was. I really
think computer arctecture is going a step backwards as you have no
control over your data, it seems to be owned by M$ or the hardware
companies!
--
Ben Franchuk - Dawn * 12/24 bit cpu *
www.jetnet.ab.ca/users/bfranchuk/index.html
Received on Fri Apr 05 2002 - 14:10:29 BST