anonymous wrote: > I was planning to download and test install Debian for the first time. > However, when I browsed the website below: > > http://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/3.1_r3/i386/iso-cd/ > > for a download, I found out that I would need to download 18 CDs: 15 > regular and 3 for the update. >
>From the FAQ at: http://www.debian.org/CD/faq/#which-cd > Furthermore, in most cases it is not necessary to download all of the > images for your architecture. The packages are sorted by popularity: > The first CD/DVD contains the installation system and the most popular > packages. The second one contains slightly less popular ones, the > third one even less popular ones, etc. You will probably only need the > first DVD (or the first two CDs) unless you have very special > requirements. (And in case you happen to need a package later on which > is not on one of the CDs/DVDs you downloaded, you can always install > that package directly from the Internet.) > I would like to know whether all these CDs have binary files or are > these also include CDs with sources and documentation. If so, which ones of > them? > I believe that about the last half are source. > How much would it need for a complete install on a P-IV 2.5GHz with 256 MB > RAM? > And how much for the disk space? > A "complete" install of all packages is impossible. Since Debian gives you choice, you have multiple packages that accomplish the same task, such as an email back-end. These email back-ends would conflict with each other, so you can only install one of them at a time. Etc. However, as mentioned in the FAQ, a fairly complete system can be had by using only the first, and maybe the second CD. Depending on your partitioning scheme and what you install, you can probably have a full-blown workstation on a GB or less. Or it might take 20 GB; just depends on what you want. Shoot for 10GB as a starter, if you have it; if not, use your 1GB and be choosy. > I tried to look up the answers in the online manual, but was unable to > find them. Any help would be appreciated. It's appreciated that you're willing to do your own research; that's good. Sorry there doesn't seem to be a clear answer to this question. -- Kent West Westing Peacefully <http://kentwest.blogspot.com> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]