Samuel Bächler wrote: > > A. > > > First of all you should not call yourself anonymous, tell us your real name. > > > 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? > > As far as I know they include documentation and source code - thats in fact > one key-feature of free-software. >
That's what I also guessed. However, my real problem is that I would like to first download only the necessary and required CDs excluding those for sources and docs. So, which ones should I download? Strange enough, I did not find any mention of what these CDs contain either on debian.org, installation manual or at any other place on the Internet. It would be much helpful if a list of files for each CD is made available on the website. I prefer to download iso images rather than a network install. I can later use the CDs for quick modifications to the installation rather than using network everytime for this purpose. May be, I also have to install on a machine which does not have access to network. > > 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? > > If you want to have a pretty installation create different partitions. > Here is > my partition table. I use my system just as a desktop-computer: > > directory; filesystem; size > root; ext3; 100 MB > /home; ext3; 10 GB > swap; SWAP; 1 GB // for swap rule of thumb is twice your ram (2*256) > /var; ext3; 1 GB > /tmp; ext3; 1 GB > > Certainly there are *much* better setups. But at least it works for over one > year now. > I am currently using Slackware. I have experimented with various sorts of partitioning schemes including similar to one given above. > Cheers Thanks for your reply. Hopefully, someone can help me figure out how many CDs to download for the binary files excluding sources and docs. > Sam > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]