Re: installer defaults for desktops (was Re: Suggested edit)

[Fred <fred@blakemfg.com>]

On 03/23/2017 09:48 AM, Catherine Gramze wrote:
> > On Mar 23, 2017, at 12:38 PM, Steve McIntyre <steve@einval.com> wrote:
> >
> > Catherine Gramze wrote:
> > > > On Mar 20, 2017, at 10:02 PM, Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Particularly where you have encountered it where it takes you past the point
> > > > of no retreat before you discover that you need a network driver, so that you
> > > > have wiped your old install and cannot continue to install your new one.
> > > How about the last time I installed Debian using a netinst dvd?
> > Sorry, what? There's no such animal as a netinst dvd... The netinst is
> > a minimal-ish (small) CD-sized image that just contains the installer
> > and the (very limited) base system. The DVDs we make are much more
> > complete.
> When you burn the netinst iso to a dvd, because you can't buy blank cds anymore in any local stores, you have a netinst dvd. I can't remember the last time I saw a cd in the wild.
Walmart sells them.  Until recently (like maybe 6 months) they still 
sold blank VHS tapes.

Best regards,
Fred