Bug#615646: [installation-guide] How do I know which CD has the package I need?
Hi,
Rick Thomas <rbthomas@pobox.com> wrote:
>
> On Jul 28, 2018, at 10:44 AM, Holger Wansing <linux@wansing-online.de> 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
>
> For some people, getting packages via the Internet after installation is not an
> option. For example, air-gapped high-security environments, or folks with very
> slow Internet connections (does anyone remember 9600 baud modems?).
>
> Can we acknowledge such situations in the proposed changes? For them, at least,
> the question in the subject line is still relevant (perhaps with “CD” changed
> to “DVD”, giving a nod to changing times).
Ok, I missed that fact. ACK'ed.
So I have added a phrase for the <http://cdimage-search.debian.org/> search
(proposed by Ben in 2015 and this morning by Steve) to the patch:
diff --git a/en/install-methods/official-cdrom.xml b/en/install-methods/official-cdrom.xml
index 512011690..858b018fa 100644
--- a/en/install-methods/official-cdrom.xml
+++ b/en/install-methods/official-cdrom.xml
@@ -30,6 +30,14 @@ the installation to download the remaining files or additional CDs.
</para><para>
+Also, keep in mind: if the CDs/DVDs you are using don't contain some packages
+you need, you can always install that packages afterwards from your running
+new Debian system (after the installation has finished). If you need to know,
+on which CD/DVD to find a specific package, visit
+<ulink url="https://cdimage-search.debian.org/";>https://cdimage-search.debian.org/</ulink>.
+
+</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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