On Thu, Jun 22, 2006 at 05:47:08PM +0530, Vivek Varghese Cherian wrote: > Hello, > > On 22/6/2006, the network administrator of my company made a download from > the Debian URL http://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/3.1_r2/ > > The MD5 checksum for the above download was > > 4690451806967ff5050a8bff11544456 debian-31r2-i386-binary-1.iso > > > I opened the README.html#lastmin message on the Debian GNU/Linux 3.1 r2 > "Sarge" - Official i386 Binary-1 CD. I am pasting the "Last-Minute Notes" > section of the README.html on the CD. > > Last-Minute Notes > > * You should keep in mind that this is an unofficial CD of the current > development version of the Debian system. This means that all sorts of bugs > may be present anywhere in the system > > I would like to know if this CD is indeed that of Debian Sarge, which as per > my understanding is the present Debian Stable release. I would also like to > know if an install made from this CD can be used on a production server ? sarge is the current stable release and is made for production servers. Any odd text on the cd like this should be sent to the debian-boot? or debian-cd mailing list as a bug. > > After installing from this cd and after performing a "base-config" i get the > following source repository in /etc/apt/sources.list > > deb-cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux 3.1 r2 _Sarge_ - Official i386 Binary-1 > (20060419)]/ unstable contrib main > > I am surprised to find unstable in the releases section. I have found > entries for main,contrib,non-free,non-us there before, but never unstable. This is an artifact of the cd making process for CD images are not repositories. And stable/testing/unstable are not meaningfull for a CD iso. An email to the debian-cd team may provide the exact reason for this. > > Kindly clarify these doubts of mine. > > Thanks in advance. no prob. Have fun using Debian Gnu(Linux,Hurd,KfreeBsd)! Cheers, Kev -- | .''`. == Debian GNU/Linux == | my web site: | | : :' : The Universal | debian.home.pipeline.com | | `. `' Operating System | go to counter.li.org and | | `- http://www.debian.org/ | be counted! #238656 | | my keysever: pgp.mit.edu | my NPO: cfsg.org |
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