Bug#615646: [installation-guide] How do I know which CD has the package I need?
Robert Cymbala <rcymbala@yahoo.com> wrote:
> QUESTION:
> I burned the first fifteen (15) CD's and GNU/Emacs, which I want to install,
> is not on them. How do I find out which CDs I need to burn? (There are 37
> more in cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/6.0.0/i386/iso-cd/ and I used to burn
> all the CDs for a release but am too lazy to burn all 52 discs this time,
> I only burnt the first 15.)
Time has changed, we don't provide that big sets of CD images anymore.
So the above question is no longer that important.
However, I would like to add something like the following to chapter 4.1
(https://d-i.debian.org/manual/en.amd64/ch04s01.html):
diff --git a/en/install-methods/official-cdrom.xml b/en/install-methods/official-cdrom.xml
index 512011690..f1f12554d 100644
--- a/en/install-methods/official-cdrom.xml
+++ b/en/install-methods/official-cdrom.xml
@@ -30,6 +30,12 @@ the installation to download the remaining files or additional CDs.
</para><para>
+Also, keep in mind: if the CD(s) you are using doesn't contain some packages
+you need, you can always install that packages afterwards from your running
+new Debian system (after the installation has finished).
+
+</para><para>
+
If your machine doesn't support CD booting<phrase arch="x86"> (only relevant
on very old PC systems)</phrase>, but you do have a CD set,
you can use an alternative strategy such as
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