On Wed, Mar 12, 2003 at 01:06:54AM +0000, Hugh Saunders wrote: > that is the file i was looking for, thanks. The thing that confuses me > is that if debootstrap is the officially way to install debian and that > uses the above file, why isnt the above file on CD1?
Because debootstrap can also get the .debs from a repository, in this case, the install CD. basedebs.tar is composed by the .debs needed to install the base system, which .debs can be taken from the CD too. -- Regards, Birzan George Cristian
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