Re: [Debian-NYC] Novice Night install media
On Sun, Nov 28, 2010 at 03:46:23AM -0500, Richard Darst wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm thinking about install media for the novice night.
>
> == Physical media ==
>
> Does anyone have black CD/DVDs and/or USB drives to donate, or can get
> them cheaply? We could also use stuff to lend but not let instalees
> take, but letting them take something with them is probably best.
>
> Will some people attending have CD/DVD burners? I won't.
>
> == Images ==
>
> I think we should get a wide variety of images, and create them on
> demand. Does that sound good?
>
> I presume we should install squeeze.
>
> The question is, what to get. Here is a list of possible things.
>
> Architectures: CDs for i386, amd64, and powerpc.
>
> For each arch:
> - Full first weekly-build CD:
> http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/weekly-builds/amd64/iso-cd/
> - Full first weekly-build DVD:
> http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/weekly-builds/amd64/iso-dvd/
>
> - Netinstall "netinst" image:
> http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/daily-builds/daily/arch-latest/amd64/iso-cd/
>
> Firmware related things:
> - Testing firmware tarball (squeeze/current):
> http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/unofficial/non-free/firmware/
> - Squeeze netinstall *including* firmware:
> http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/unofficial/non-free/cd-including-firmware/squeeze_d-i/
> --> Should we push this to be the image people make, since it's more
> likely to work in more places? "Which would people prefer, a CD
> or a CD that is more likely to work?", as I saw
>
> Multi-arch:
> - Multi-arch netinst CD:
> http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/daily-builds/daily/arch-latest/multi-arch/iso-cd/
> - Multi-arch DVD:
> http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/weekly-builds/multi-arch/iso-dvd/
> Do these have firmware?
USB images (help requested here):
- Here:
http://www.debian.org/devel/debian-installer/
I go to any of boot.img.gz's, and kvm will boot them but expects to
find more files than it contains. It's been a while since I did one
of thees installs. Can anyone confirm what is the right USB install
image?
Debian-Live:
- All of the images are greater than a CD size. So it's DVD or USB
only. They also seem to only be there for i386 and amd64.
I'll get the
snapshot -> weekly -> ... -> iso-hybrid -> gnome-desktop
-> usb-hdd -> gnome-desktop
Is gnome-desktop good?
> Ubuntu:
> - {Desktop, Netbook, Server} x {32 and 64 bit editions}
> --> I don't know what all would be relevant here, the interface
> makes it hard to know what all is available. Thoughts?
Of course, everything above doesn't mean it's what I will do, I'm
looking for feedback on what to get.
- Richard
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