I have a short question: I have a computer with a 3com wireless adapter that won't work in linux without particular drivers (if at all - I haven't had the chance to try yet). Does this mean a remote install is out of the question? Or more hassle than it's worth? I plan on installing Debian.

Thanks

what do you mean?

Currently the machine in question has a blank hard disk and I'd boot it using a floppy disk(s). This floppy disk would, I assume, not have drivers for the wireless adapter in the machine, and therefore there would be no way of the machine connecting to the server in order to do a network install. I'm not familiar with a method of making my own boot floppy that would get the wireless adapter up and running. I'm a bit of a beginner.

Do you see what I mean now?

I'm not planning on doing this as a time saver or because it's absolutely necessary - more because I'm interested and think it would be a nice experiment.