Re: how many CDs for v3.1 r3?

["anonymous" <call_ret@yahoo.com>]

Steve McIntyre wrote:
> [ "anonymous" seems to be a silly name to be using, but hey... ]
>
> "anonymous" wrote:
> >
> >I still have not received a definitive reply to my question as yet.
> >Which, to repeat was:
> >
> >" I found out that I would need to download 18 CDs: 15 regular and 3
> >for the update.  I would like to know whether all these CDs have
> >binary files or are these also include CDs with sources and
> >documentation. If so, which ones of them?"
>
> First of all, ignore the update CDs - they're designed to allow people
> with earlier CD sets to update their systems to 3.1r3.
>
> The 15 CDs for 3.1r3 (binary-i386) are laid out in the following
> order:
>
>  1) First come the installer and installation docs
>
>  2) Then the packages needed for the base system (kernel and other
>     essential packages like libc)
>
>  3) Then the tasks listed in the installer (mail server, samba, chunks
>     of Gnome, KDE, etc.)
>
>  4) Then the remaining packages, simply sorted in order of popularity
>     using popcon results (see popcon.debian.org)
>
> I fact, the same ordering is used for all of the variety of CDs and
> DVDs. A businesscard CD just contains #1 above, a netinst contains #1
> and #2. CD #1 of the full set _should_ contain #1, #2 and #3
> above. DVD#1 will cover #1, #2, #3 and a large chunk of #4.
>
> The packages on these CDs are all binaries and the documentation
> packages to go with them, mixed by the popcon ordering. As they are
> ordered by popularity, most people don't need anything like the whole
> set; the first 5 or so will typically cover any common needs.
>
> The sources live separately, on the (cunningly-named!) source CDs and
> DVDs.
>
> If you want to see which packages are contained on each CD, look in
> the jigdo files that are also shipped from cdimage.debian.org. A jigdo
> file is basically just an index of the files contained in each iso
> image, along with some metadata and the checksums of those files.
>

This really explains everything. I have already downloaded 4 CDs and I
hope
this should help me get started with a decent system.

> Hope that helps...
>

Thanks for the detailed answers to my queries.

> Steve (debian-cd team, the guy who made the 3.1rX CDs)
> --
> Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK.                                steve@einval.com
> Who needs computer imagery when you've got Brian Blessed?
>