Bug#615646: [installation-guide] How do I know which CD has the package I need?
On Sat 28 Jul 2018 at 19:44:26 +0200, Holger Wansing wrote:
>
> 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
English (partly), I'm afraid:
CD(s) ---> DVD/CDs (brackets not needed)
doesn't ---> don't
that packages ---> a package
(after the installation has finished) is probably superfluous.
Keep up the good work.
Brian.
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