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Re: How do I make CD's?



In article <[🔎] 367EAAFE.A4F1F4C1@toast.net> you write:
>I currently have a CD-RW device up and running.
>
>I want to burn an RW with the slink dist while I'm at work and can grab
>the main, contrib and non-free over the WAN (T3 being _much_ faster than
>56K analog).
>
>Problem is, the main/binary-i386 directory is over 800Mb, RW's only hold
>650Mb.
>
>Is there a list or guide somewhere as to how I should segment this?
>(i.e. "admin through libs" on one and "mail through x11" on another; or
>"files x, y and z are not needed for initial installation")

Try reading the debian-cd list - that's where we are discussing exactly
this issue at the moment.

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Steve McIntyre, CURS CCE, Cambridge, UK.         stevem@chiark.greenend.org.uk
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 the desk so he can get a better aim."          [ seen in ucam.chat ]
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