Re: install debian
On Fri, Nov 14, 2008 at 01:57:12PM -0500, S.D.Allen wrote:
> On Fri, 14 Nov 2008 23:23:16 +0530, Srinivasa Ramanujam in gmane.linux.debian.user wrote:
> >
> > i've downloaded four debian iso installers from debian http website, and
> > wrote them in four dvd's. however, the installation got completed with the
> > first dvd itself, and i couldn't install the softwares which are written in
> > second and rest dvd's as debian says the dvd is empty. this is not true
> > because i can check the contents of the dvd in some other computer, and the
> > dvd player in the computer in which i am trying to install is working
> > properly as i used it to install the debian in the first case. how can i
> > install the remaining softwares which are offered in second, third and
> > fourth dvd?
>
> One only needs the net install image and everything else can be installed
> over the Internet. That is the way I do my installs.
>
Sure, but if you have the debs on local media, its a lot faster;
especially if you're on dial-up.
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