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M4LMiniMe

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what is the difference between there files

full CD sets
[alpha] [arm] [hppa] [i386] [ia64] [m68k] [mips] [mipsel] [powerpc] [sparc] [s390]
 

n0cmonkey

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Originally posted by: M4LMiniMe
what is the difference between there files

full CD sets
[alpha] [arm] [hppa] [i386] [ia64] [m68k] [mips] [mipsel] [powerpc] [sparc] [s390]

The architecture. Chances are you have an i386 based machine. Download that one. You'd probably know if you had a better arch. ;)
 

Nothinman

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Get the netinstall CD, IIRC it's ~100M and just contains enough to start the installer and once you pick the packages you want it'll download and install them for you.