There is another reason you may want to have a full set that you would like to
install exactly the same system on a number of different computer at
different points in time.
SOTL
On Thursday 29 December 2005 08:48 am, Sick Twist wrote:
> >From: Bill Glidden <bill@thegliddenfamily.com>
> >Reply-To: slug@nks.net
> >To: "slug@nks.net" <slug@nks.net>
> >Subject: [SLUG] Am I dreaming?
> >Date: Thu, 29 Dec 2005 08:19:00 -0500
> >
> >Good morning,
> >
> >I have a 2-cd set of Debian cds somewhere. From these 2 cds I've installed
> >Debian a few times. I've misplaced them and when I went to the Debian site
> >to download new ISO images, I find there are 14 cds to download.
> >
> >A. I didn't download 2 dvd isos before - I don't have a dvd burner
> >B. I didn't download any kind of netinstall because I've installed from
> >these 2 cds without the benefit of being attached to a network
> >
> >So what did I have? Why have the 2 cds grown into 14? I had a fairly
> > recent version of debian (sarge I think). I'm just confused.
> >
> >Bill Glidden
> >bill@thegliddenfamily.com
>
> The 14 CD's include every package in the Debian repositories. They are only
> useful if one plans to use Debian on a computer with slow, limited or no
> Internet access.
>
> One only needs the CD's which contain the packages one wishes to install.
> The packages are arranged on the CD's in order from most used (CD #1) to
> least used (CD #14).
>
> -Jonathon
>
> PS -- Your e-mail seemed to contain some unusual formatting. Please ensure
> that your e-mail client is configured to send plain text.
>
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