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Re: apt-get sources.list question



On Saturday 27 October 2001 03:17, Karsten M. Self wrote:
[...[
> Once you've updated your sources lists from online and switched to
> Woody, you're likely going to find none of the packages on CD are
> considered up to date.  This is among the reason few seasoned Debian
> users install from CD -- base tarball plus boot floppies is generally
> sufficient, packages are snared over the 'Net.

I'm just curious, what exactly are these files? My own mini-Debian 
installer consists of the following files:

base2_2.tgz
basecont.txt
drivers.tgz
kernel-config
linux
rescue.bin [2.88MB floppy version]

It would help newbies with a little bandwidth to burn if somebody cooks 
up an official Internet friendly Debian ISO image. Pop the mini CD in. 
Tick whether you want stable, testing or unstable. And voila, an 
up-to-date Debian system. Defenestrate those half-GB+ ISO's.

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