Narins, Josh wrote:
I used jigdo-lite to burn myself a powerpc and i386 CD #1 of woody... But now I remember (with a reminder) that different CDs start different installations? But then I found this link, which asks users to test the "new" Woody CD plan, which will allow any install from CD#1 (author, Ralph Hertzog) http://lwn.net/2002/0411/a/deb-woodycd.php3<http://lwn.net/2002/0411/a/deb-woodycd.php3>Did this actually happen? Could someone tell me how I was supposed to know? :) -josh
Josh,Dunno about the links above, but the MOST I have ever used to install Woody is the first CD. In fact, I have done several installs using only 2 boot-floppies!
The secret is getting your install to the point where you have Internet access + having a relatively fast Internet connection. Everything that is on the other CDs is also available at numerous http and/or ftp sites around the world, and you can easily install them via "apt-get" once you have the basic system running.
The only case I could see for having the full CD set is if the install site has absolutely no Internet access any you want something that isn't on the first CD! I would think this would be a relatively rare situation, as the packages are arranged on the CDs in order of their frequency of installation, I think. The most "popular" are on the first CD.
In the case of the boot-floppies, IF your NIC is one that is recognized by the "flavor" you are using, then all you need is the "rescue" and "root" floppies. If perhaps you have some strange NIC that isn't covered by one of the boot-floppy "flavors" then you can always add the "driver" floppy set and install it. ALL of this is on the first CD, to the best of my knowledge.
I have been running Debian here since the days of HAMM on i386 and Alphas. I just burned my first install CD in over 3 years about a month ago to see what Jigdo was all about! Previously, I had been installing Potato and Woody off the Internet via the boot-floppy route, and that is still my favorite method. The total time involved doing a "network install" is less than getting & burning a CD.... for me. YMMV....
Cheers, -Don Spoon-