Steve McIntyre wrote: > [ "anonymous" seems to be a silly name to be using, but hey... ] > > "anonymous" wrote: > > > >I still have not received a definitive reply to my question as yet. > >Which, to repeat was: > > > >" I found out that I would need to download 18 CDs: 15 regular and 3 > >for the update. 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?" > > First of all, ignore the update CDs - they're designed to allow people > with earlier CD sets to update their systems to 3.1r3. > > The 15 CDs for 3.1r3 (binary-i386) are laid out in the following > order: > > 1) First come the installer and installation docs > > 2) Then the packages needed for the base system (kernel and other > essential packages like libc) > > 3) Then the tasks listed in the installer (mail server, samba, chunks > of Gnome, KDE, etc.) > > 4) Then the remaining packages, simply sorted in order of popularity > using popcon results (see popcon.debian.org) > > I fact, the same ordering is used for all of the variety of CDs and > DVDs. A businesscard CD just contains #1 above, a netinst contains #1 > and #2. CD #1 of the full set _should_ contain #1, #2 and #3 > above. DVD#1 will cover #1, #2, #3 and a large chunk of #4. > > The packages on these CDs are all binaries and the documentation > packages to go with them, mixed by the popcon ordering. As they are > ordered by popularity, most people don't need anything like the whole > set; the first 5 or so will typically cover any common needs. > > The sources live separately, on the (cunningly-named!) source CDs and > DVDs. > > If you want to see which packages are contained on each CD, look in > the jigdo files that are also shipped from cdimage.debian.org. A jigdo > file is basically just an index of the files contained in each iso > image, along with some metadata and the checksums of those files. >
This really explains everything. I have already downloaded 4 CDs and I hope this should help me get started with a decent system. > Hope that helps... > Thanks for the detailed answers to my queries. > Steve (debian-cd team, the guy who made the 3.1rX CDs) > -- > Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK. [EMAIL > PROTECTED] > Who needs computer imagery when you've got Brian Blessed? > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]