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Re: CD image doesn't exist for download?



On Wed, 2012-07-11 at 17:11 -0400, Gary Dale wrote:
> On 11/07/12 04:16 PM, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
> > On Wed, 2012-07-11 at 16:58 -0300, Luiz L. Marins wrote:
> >> Again,
> >>
> >> Just click in the link below and make download of ISO, burn ISO in DVD
> >> e reboot the computer.
> >> http://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/6.0.5/i386/iso-dvd/debian-6.0.5-i386-DVD-1.iso
> >>
> >> See this video too:
> >> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8c6iZ0gK_Go&feature=related
> >>
> >> Good Luck.
> > I agree with this, assumed that
> >
> > - there should be a bootable DVD drive available
> > - there shouldn't be issues with downloads
> > - the architecture should be 32bit instead of 64bit
> The DVD download is much larger than the various CD installers. All that 
> it gives you is a larger repository of software that will shortly be 
> obsolete. Downloading a CD image will more likely be trouble free just 
> because there is less time for something to go wrong.
> 
> The architecture downloaded should match your machine. If you have a 
> 64bit computer, don't cripple it with a 32bit kernel.

A net install needs an Internet connection. To get an Internet
connection can become a PITA. We already don't know, if simply
downloading a CD is that easy for the OP.


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