Bug#381555: Patch for image digest links
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Hey there Team debian-www,
I have attached a patch for this (or rather the whole .wml files).
As it would seem excessive to have a separate digest for every
architecture (and indeed, the particular architecture involved was not
mentioned) I have instead opted to include a short paragraph
explaining in a general way how to get at the image digests.
Thanks,
Imran
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#use wml::debian::template title="Installing Debian via the Internet" BARETITLE=true
#use wml::debian::toc
#include "$(ENGLISHDIR)/releases/info"
#include "$(ENGLISHDIR)/releases/images.data"
<define-tag current-images-url>
http://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/current
</define-tag>
<p>This method of installing Debian requires a functioning Internet connection
<em>during</em> installation. Compared to other methods you end up downloading
less data as the process will be tailored to your requirements. Ethernet and
wireless connections are supported. Internal ISDN cards are unfortunately
<em>not</em> supported.</p>
<p>There are four options for installs over the network:</p>
<toc-display />
<p>
<b>NOTE:</b> MD5, SHA1 and SHA256 digests can be found <a href="<current-images-url/>">here</a> under the relevant <i>architecture/image</i> directory.<br>
For example, digests for <i>i386/iso-cd</i> can be found <a href="<current-images-url/>/i386/iso-cd">here</a>.
</p>
<div class="line">
<div class="item col50">
<toc-add-entry name="smallcd">Small CDs</toc-add-entry>
<p>The following are image files which are up to 180 MB in size,
making them suitable for writing to small CD-R(W) media, 80 mm/3.1"
in diameter. Choose your processor architecture below.</p>
<stable-netinst-images />
</div>
<div class="item col50 lastcol">
<toc-add-entry name="smallercd">Smaller CDs</toc-add-entry>
<p>The following are image files which are up to 40 MB in size,
making them suitable for writing to business card-shaped CDs (available
in differing sizes, e.g. 58×75 mm/2.3×3" in diameter):</p>
<stable-businesscard-images />
</div>
<div class="clear"></div>
</div>
<p>For details, please see: <a href="../CD/netinst/">Network install
from a minimal CD</a></p>
<div class="line">
<div class="item col50">
<toc-add-entry name="verysmall">Tiny CDs, USB sticks, etc.</toc-add-entry>
<p>You can download a couple of image files of small size, suitable for
USB Sticks and similar devices, write them to the media,
and then start the installation by booting from that.</p>
<p>There is some diversity in the support for installing from various
very small images between the architectures.
</p>
<p>For details, please refer to the
<a href="$(HOME)/releases/stable/installmanual">installation manual for
your architecture</a>, especially the chapter
<q>Obtaining System Installation Media</q>.</p>
<p>
Here are the links to
the available image files (look at the MANIFEST file for information):
</p>
<stable-verysmall-images />
</div>
<div class="item col50 lastcol">
<toc-add-entry name="netboot">Network boot</toc-add-entry>
<p>You set up a TFTP and a DHCP (or BOOTP, or RARP) server which will
serve the installation media to machines on your local network.
If your client machine's BIOS supports it, you can then boot the Debian
installation system from the network (using PXE and TFTP), and proceed
with installing the rest of Debian from the network.</p>
<p>Not all machines support booting from the network. Because of the
additional work required, this method for installing Debian is not
recommended for novice users.</p>
<p>For details, please refer to the
<a href="$(HOME)/releases/stable/installmanual">installation manual for
your architecture</a>, especially the chapter
<q>Preparing Files for TFTP Net Booting</q>.</p>
<p>Here are the links to the image files (look at the MANIFEST file for
information):</p>
<stable-netboot-images />
</div>
</div>
#use wml::debian::cdimage title="Network install from a minimal CD"
#use wml::debian::release_info
#use wml::debian::installer
#include "$(ENGLISHDIR)/releases/images.data"
<define-tag current-images-url>
http://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/current
</define-tag>
<p>A <q>network install</q> or <q>netinst</q> CD is a single CD which enables
you to install the entire operating system. This single CD contains
just the minimal amount of software to start the installation and
fetch the remaining packages over the Internet.</p>
<p><strong>What's better for me — the minimal bootable CD-ROM or the
full CDs?</strong> It depends, but we think that in many cases the
minimal CD image is better — above all, you only download the packages
that you selected for installation on your machine, which saves both
time and bandwidth. On the other hand, the full CDs are more suitable
when installing on more than one machine, or on machines without a
free Internet connection.</p>
<p><strong>What types of network connections are supported
during installation?</strong>
The network install assumes that you have a connection to the
Internet. Various different ways are supported for this, like
analogue PPP dial-up, Ethernet, WLAN (with some restrictions), but
ISDN is not — sorry!</p>
<p><strong>What is the difference between the <q>netinst</q>
and the <q>business card</q> images?</strong>
The <q>netinst</q> image contains the installer and the base
system. It will allow you to install a very basic system from the
CD; any other packages you might want to install have to be
downloaded from the internet. <br />
The <q>business card</q> image is smaller than the
<q>netinst</q> image to fit on business-card sized cds. It
does not contain the base system, but only the installer: even the
base packages need to be downloaded from the net. <br />
If you're in doubt which image to use, use the <q>netinst</q>
image.</p>
<p><strong>The image size is larger than the 180 MB/40 MB
mentioned below!</strong> Yes — at the moment, the size is only
checked for the i386 architecture, other architectures may exceed the
given sizes.</p>
<p>The following minimal bootable CD images are available for
download:</p>
<ul>
<li>Official <q>netinst</q> images for the <q>stable</q> release — <a
href="#netinst-stable">see below</a></li>
<li>Official <q>businesscard</q> images for the <q>stable</q> release — <a
href="#businesscard-stable">see below</a></li>
<li>Images for the <q>testing</q> release, both daily builds and known
working snapshots, see the <a
href="$(DEVEL)/debian-installer/">Debian-Installer page</a>.</li>
</ul>
<p>
<b>NOTE:</b> MD5, SHA1 and SHA256 digests can be found <a href="<current-images-url/>">here</a> under the relevant <i>architecture/image</i> directory.<br>
For example, digests for <i>i386/iso-cd</i> can be found <a href="<current-images-url/>/i386/iso-cd">here</a>.
</p>
<h2 id="netinst-stable">Official netinst images for the <q>stable</q> release</h2>
<p>Up to 180 MB in size, this image is suitable for writing to
small CD-R(W) media, 80 mm/3.1" in diameter. The image contains the
installer and a small set of packages which allows the installation of
a (very) basic system.</p>
<div class="line">
<div class="item col50">
<p><strong>netinst CD image (via <a href="$(HOME)/CD/torrent-cd">bittorrent</a>)</strong></p>
<stable-netinst-torrent />
</div>
<div class="item col50 lastcol">
<p><strong>netinst CD image (generally 135-175 MB)</strong></p>
<stable-netinst-images />
</div>
<div class="clear"></div>
</div>
<h2 id="businesscard-stable">Official businesscard images for the
<q>stable</q> release</h2>
<p>This image has a size of up to 40 MB. It is small enough to
fit on business card-shaped CDs (available in differing sizes,
e.g.
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58×75 mm/2.3×3").
This image contains just the
bare necessities to start a Debian installation, i.e. those parts of
the installer which are necessary to configure networking and download
the rest of the installation system.</p>
<div class="line">
<div class="item col50">
<p><strong>businesscard CD image (via <a href="$(HOME)/CD/torrent-cd">bittorrent</a>)</strong></p>
<stable-businesscard-torrent />
</div>
<div class="item col50 lastcol">
<p><strong>businesscard CD image (generally 20-50 MB)</strong></p>
<stable-businesscard-images />
</div>
<div class="clear"></div>
</div>
<p>For information what these files are and how to use them, please see
the <a href="../faq/">FAQ</a>.</p>
<p>Once you have downloaded the images, be sure to have a look at the
<a href="$(HOME)/releases/stable/installmanual">detailed
information about the installation process</a>.</p>
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