On 06/19/2017 03:21 PM, Greg Wooledge wrote: > On Sat, Jun 17, 2017 at 08:42:54PM -0700, Jimmy Johnson wrote: >> https://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/current-live/amd64/iso-hybrid/ > > Don't use live images for installations. > > Use install images for installations. > > For example, if you go to <http://www.debian.org/> there is a shiny > green inset link which will download the amd64 netinst ISO image. > Currently, that URL has the substring 9.0.0 in it, so I won't bother > linking it here, as it may expire by the time people reading the > mailing list archives see this. > > So, just go to <http://www.debian.org/> instead, and follow the > download links from there. > >
As far as I can remember, Stretch is the first Debian version where the official site states it is possible to install from a live media: "A "live install" image contains a Debian system that can boot without modifying any files on the hard drive and also allows installation of Debian from the contents of the image." [1]. So Debian has "installation images" available from which one can install (see for example [2]) and it also has live media which can be used to "Try Debian live before installing" and also to install. I suppose that the difference is only some more extra space on the CD/DVD/whatever for more packages ready to be installed (but I don't really know). [1] https://www.debian.org/CD/live/ [2] https://www.debian.org/distrib/netinst#smallcd Dalios