Re: image download with jigdo
On Fri, Jan 10, 2014 at 10:30:41AM +0100, Klaus Jantzen wrote:
>On 01/09/2014 03:41 PM, Steve McIntyre wrote:
>>
>> 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".
>
>The installation manual does not say that.
>In the description of the various possibilities of downloading debian
>there is the section where the production of the jigdo-iso-image is
>described. At the end it directs the reader to the installation manual.
>There nothing is said about the difference between using a 'normal'
>bootable iso image and using the jigdo-iso-image.
>Thus I assumed they are equivalent.
Apologies if I've caused any confusion here - the jigdo-created images
are *exactly* the same as what you'd have if you downloaded the ISO
directly. You've just picked some DVDs from the middle of a set,
that's all. Only the first DVD in a set is bootable, the rest are just
there to hold more packages for users to install.
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