Modifying Debian install floppies to install Ubuntu
Carsten Agger
agger at c.dk
Fri Aug 4 18:36:58 BST 2006
Mr Mop wrote:
> Here is my problem.
> I have a laptop with a floppy drive and a network connection. I do not have a CD-ROM drive.
>
> If you use the CD-ROM to install Debian/Ubuntu you are presented with
> a prompt to type commands in prior to installing.
> If you use the Debian install floppies you are also presented with
> this prompt to type commands in. However Ubuntu do not provide these floppies.
>
> I have asked a number of times on the Ubuntu support forums but have
> had no luck. I have only been told about net installs and the like.
I wrote a HOWTO for the forums on how to install an ubuntu system with
floppies and no CD drive, using the Debian floppies:
http://www.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=213278
If you follow my suggestion, you will end up with a Debian base system
with no additional packages (no X, etc.) which you upgrade to Ubuntu
Dapper by changing the /etc/apt/sources.list and doing an update &
upgrade & dist-upgrade.
Once this is done, you can install all the packages you wish - the
entire system, if you want, or just the server packages, if that's your
desire.
How to change the Debian floppies to work with Ubuntu I don't know, but
I think it should be done - the other solution is obviously a tweak.
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