On Fri, Jun 10, 2005 at 12:54:59PM +0100, Simon Atkinson wrote: > Hi > > I'm relatively new to Linux and in particular to the Debian > distribution. I have read through the installtion manual for Sarge and > see that for a (network-based) CD installation it is possible to use > the following images: > > debian-31r0a-i386-businesscard.iso > debian-31r0a-i386-netinst.iso > Yes. > or > > the initial CD in the full CD set. > Yes. The difference is that if you download the first full CD, there will be a greater number of packages locally available to you. It will likely speed up the install for you, espcially if you have a poor internet connectivity. > My question is this: > > What are the images (located at > /debian/dists/sarge/main/installer-i386/current//images/cdrom) used > for? > > .. that is: > > boot.img > debian-cd_info.tar.gz > initrd.gz > initrd.list > vmlinuz > > Are these used to create a customized bootable CD to initiate the installation process or are these files used in an installation process that is analogous to one that makes use of the floppies? > > Can anyone please explain how they are used? > I believe the boot.img is the boot floppy image used on the CDs and can also be dumped to a 3.5" floppy to make a bootable floppy. The other files can be grabbed by jigdo to make a CD. -Roberto -- Roberto C. Sanchez http://familiasanchez.net/~sanchezr
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