Re: image download with jigdo
On 01/10/2014 11:56 PM, Brian wrote:
> On Fri 10 Jan 2014 at 13:19:50 +0000, Steve McIntyre wrote:
>
>> 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.
>
> If your explanation was added to
>
> http://www.debian.org/CD/jigdo-cd/
>
> any confusion could be avoided. How about
>
> The jigdo-created images are exactly the same as what you'd have if
> you downloaded the ISO directly. But note, only the first CD or DVD
> in a set is bootable, the rest are just there to hold more packages
> to install.
I suggest that this text is inserted at the end of the third paragraph
which starts with "From one of the locations ...."
>
> after "Once you have downloaded the images and written them to CD .....".
>
>
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K.D.J.
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