Re: image download with jigdo
On Thu, Jan 09, 2014 at 03:25:48PM +0100, Klaus Jantzen wrote:
>On 01/09/2014 01:59 PM, Steve McIntyre wrote:
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> I successfully used jigdo-lite to generate an image for
>>>
>>> debian-7.3.0-amd64-DVD-10 and for
>>> debian-update-7.3.0-amd64-DVD-1
>>>
>>> I also successfully burned the appropriate DVDs.
>>>
>>> The only problem is, they do not start when starting or restarting the
>>> PC. (The boot sequence is correctly set so that the dvd drive is tried
>>> first).
>>>
>>> Is there anything I could have done incorrectly?
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> You've quite probably downloaded and burnt them correctly. It's just
>> that neither of those images is *meant* to be bootable. That's your
>> problem. If you want to boot an installation DVD, you want
>> debian-7.3.0-amd64-DVD-1 (i.e. the first in the sequence).
>>
>
>Thanks for the quick reply with the essential information.
>
>Then what would one do with the image thus created?
The images you have created are for use only alongside other discs in
a set; they contain extra packages that you could add to your system
via "apt-cdrom add; apt-get install $package".
>For me that seems to be too much hassle, so I downloaded the netinstall
>cd and that works.
OK... The netinst *is* designed to be bootable and it contains the
Debian installer and a small set of packages: the base system. DVD-1
contains the installer a larger set of packages. That's the only real
difference.
--
Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK. steve@einval.com
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