Re: Debian: A noob query
On Thu, Nov 24, 2011 at 10:29:30AM -0500, Sam Vagni wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 24, 2011 at 10:22 AM, Walter Hurry <walterhurry@lavabit.com> wrote:
>
> > By the sound of it, you want <http://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/6.0.3/
> > amd64/bt-cd/debian-6.0.3-amd64-CD-1.iso.torrent>
>
> Well thanks, I would start its download, but why these CDs are
> numbered from 1 to some more than 40 or 50...why so many in bulk?
Only the first one is needed to install Debian.
The rest include the whole of Debian main package repository.
Downloading them all is only sensible if you're installing in the
system that has no Internet connection and never will have. And even
then I doubt you need *every* CD (or DVD).
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:wq
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