Re: Pre-Install Question
On 19/06/10 12:52, Timothy Schader wrote:
Please tell me what the differences are between all the DVD downloads at
the following link. What is contained on each disk/iso?
http://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/5.0.4/i386/iso-dvd/
Thanks!
Tim
As others have implied, but not implicitely said, Debian comes with lots
of packages, so the DVD or CD sets contain all of them.
In order to do a basic install you normally just need the first CD of
the set (or first DVD - just as a bit more included).
If you have an internet connection, you don't even need the full CD, and
that is where the Netinst or Business Card CD's come in. They get
started enough to connect to the internet and the rest of the stuff
needed is downloaded.
Once your system is up and running (and connected to the internet) you
add and remove packages on the fly from repositories on mirrors around
the world.
So you only need the remaining CDs or DVDs if you are not, and never
will be, connected to the internet.
--
Alan Chandler
http://www.chandlerfamily.org.uk
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