Re: instructions contradictory?
On Sat, 29 Jan 2000, dkphoto wrote:
> Below is a quote copied directly from the Debian web page FAQ for
> downloading CD images located at http://cdimage.debian.org/faq.html:
>
> >-?- But what CDs do I need?
> >-!- If you want to install Debian, you should get only the "Binary-1"
> >CD for your platform (e.g. "i386" for IBM-compatible PCs). The other
> >"Binary-X" CDs (X>=2) contain very specialistic software that is used only
> >by very few people -- these are not needed at all for fresh installs.
> >
>
> So that's what I did. I downloaded just that one CD.
>
> I have now read in 3 different places that Debian Linux will not install
> properly, or at all, without the 2nd CD.
>
> Could you please tell me which one is the case? Do you have to have both
> CD's or not? Because I have only the one, AS INSTRUCTED, and I can't get
> anything to install after the base system.
>
> AND, if the web page is correct, that I only need the one CD, then why do
> other Debian pages tell me that installing from a single CD is passe',
> and I should install from the multiple set, which you tell me I DON'T
> NEED!
>
> This just makes no sense at all, and I would be very grateful if you
> would explain it.
The install procedure works fine with only one CD - I did it myself just a few
weeks ago. In dselect, you have to choose either the "cdrom" or the "multi-cd"
[A]ccess method. Make sure the CD is in the (correct) drive during [A]ccess
and [U]pdate. If this doesn't work for you, please tell exactly where things
go wrong, and what gets printed on screen.
If you can point me to the docs that describe (incorrectly) that 2 CDs are
needed, I can try to get them corrected.
Regards,
Anne Bezemer
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