Re: How many dvd's do I need?

[David Sexton <david@explorechange.net>]

Good idea.
I didn't know if those would dd fine.
Online it only talks about the cds and dvds and dd.

I am installing from USB, I'll just need a bigger USB drive for this.
Thanks,
David
On 27-04-2013 12:46 PM, Rick Thomas wrote:
> The whole distribution (all of it) fits on two blu-ray disk images.
>
> If you can boot from a 32GB flash USB stick, you could use jigdo to 
> download the two blue-ray disk images, then dd them to the flash sticks.
>
> Use the first one to boot the installer, with the second one plugged 
> into a spare USB slot, just incase you need it.
>
> Would that work for you?
>
> Rick
>
>
> On Apr 26, 2013, at 9:21 PM, David Sexton wrote:
>
> > Hi everyone,
> >
> > I am moving over from ubuntu to debian.
> >
> > How many of the dvds would I need to have most of what I would need 
> > for a desktop installation with orca?
> > There are 10 dvds I understand I don't need to get all of these.
> >
> > I need to be able to install and use systems without internet 
> > connection.
> > Server software such as apache, mysql and the like would be nice too.
> >
> > Thanks for any info,
> > David