Re: Debian DVDs

[Mark Purcell <mark@purcell.aaa.net.au>]

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On Wed, 4 Jul 2001 09:04, Ian Eure wrote:
> On 3 Jul 2001, Jakob 'sparky' Kaivo wrote:
> > Tony Godshall <tg@of.net> writes:
>
> > > How about the opposite extreme of a release DVD: A release-
> > > agnostic CD that runs right off the CD, lets you enter a
> > > distrib mirror site and your chosen distrib and then runs a
> > > network-based install of stable, testing or unstable straight
> > > off the net (via ramdisk perhaps).
> >
> > That's actually a pretty cool idea, for those places where a net
> > install makes sense. Could even be one of those credit card CD
> > thingies: keep it in your wallet, just in case. ;)
>
> except it's already been done. http://www.markybob.com/elf has a debian
> 2.2r3 "netinst" cd image, which is a 33mb iso with just the base debian
> system and no other packages.

Have a look at the LinuxCare Bootable Buisness card. 
http://open-projects.linuxcare.com/BBC/

Whilst being a great diagnostic tool, it even lets you do a Debian install.

We all received a copy at linux.conf.au, earlier this year and it has been 
sitting in my wallet ever since...

Mark
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