Re: Why so many install DVD's ?

[Ben Armstrong <synrg@sanctuary.nslug.ns.ca>]

On 03/04/2011 12:46 PM, dos4ever wrote:
> Hello I checked the FAQ and did not find the answer to this question:
> Why 7 install  iso files at 4.4G & 1 at 842M =31Gb.
> I would hope that disk 1 is all that is needed to install the OS and the
> rest are programs?
> If they are all needed to install the OS that would make Debian more
> bloatware then Win 7.
> I hope that is not the case.
> thanks

http://www.debian.org/CD/faq/#which-cd

"The first CD/DVD contains the installation system and the most popular
packages."

Ben