On Wed, 18 Oct 2000, Paul W. Abrahams wrote:
Certainly, obtaining an entire distribution by FTP is impractical for anyone without a high-bandwith connection.
My first distribution was yggdrasil on 30 floppies. All downloaded on a 14.4k modem. Of course SuSE is MUCH bigger then that but you don't really need even 30 floppies to get a working Linux system. The mini-distributions are what one floppy? The other thing is a ftp install would be an install of only what you need. I haven't glanced at what's included in the SuSE package lately but you likely get a bunch of different text editors. A handfull of different newsreaders. I wouldn't want to install over a modem but it's possible. Nick -- ----------------------------- Anybody got plans for an ark? ----------------------------- -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/support/faq