Yes, Debian appears better suited to an install over the net. The Red Hat network installation appears oriented to local networks, not the Internet. It is, nevertheless, all about keeping the connection. So, if you have one that's reliable, it will work over http, ftp, (and nfs). On Sat, 18 May 2002, Kenny Hitt wrote: > Hi, I don't know how REDhat does it's inter net install, but > Debian doesn't have this problem. If you loose your connection, > you just restart the install command and it picks up where it > left off. > > Kenny > > On Sat, May 18, 2002 at 06:58:40PM -0400, Janina Sajka wrote: > > We addressed this in early versions of the HOWTO_INSTALL file for > > the Speakup Modified Red Hat Distribution, but dropped it > > eventually for the following reason. > > > > You can, but you must restart over from the beginning if you lose > > your connection before the installation completes. On the other > > hand, you can resume a download from the point of the > > interruption with a proper download agent like ncftp (available > > for Windows as well as Linux). Go to: > > > > http://www.ncftp.com > > > > On Sat, 18 May 2002, Michael Weaver wrote: > > > > > Hi! > > > Can any flavour of Linux be setup via the Internet? > > > I keep noticing something about Linux and FTP on some of the flavours. > > > Doing it this way might be much more quicker than downloading the files onto > > > my hard drive and burning them onto CDROM which I don't have the facility to > > > do yet as I don't yet have a CD writer. > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > > Blinux-list@redhat.com > > > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > > > > > > > -- > > > > Janina Sajka, Director > > Technology Research and Development > > Governmental Relations Group > > American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) > > > > Email: janina@afb.net Phone: (202) 408-8175 > > > > Chair, Accessibility SIG > > Open Electronic Book Forum (OEBF) > > http://www.openebook.org > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > Blinux-list@redhat.com > > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Blinux-list@redhat.com > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > -- Janina Sajka, Director Technology Research and Development Governmental Relations Group American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) Email: janina@afb.net Phone: (202) 408-8175 Chair, Accessibility SIG Open Electronic Book Forum (OEBF) http://www.openebook.org