On Fri, Jun 10, 2005 at 12:54:59PM +0100, Simon Atkinson wrote:
Hi
I'm relatively new to Linux and in particular to the Debian
distribution. I have read through the installtion manual for Sarge and
see that for a (network-based) CD installation it is possible to use
the following images:
debian-31r0a-i386-businesscard.iso
debian-31r0a-i386-netinst.iso
Yes.
or
the initial CD in the full CD set.
Yes.
The difference is that if you download the first full CD, there will be
a greater number of packages locally available to you. It will likely
speed up the install for you, espcially if you have a poor internet
connectivity.
My question is this:
What are the images (located at
/debian/dists/sarge/main/installer-i386/current//images/cdrom) used
for?
.. that is:
boot.img
debian-cd_info.tar.gz
initrd.gz
initrd.list
vmlinuz
Are these used to create a customized bootable CD to initiate the
installation process or are these files used in an installation process that
is analogous to one that makes use of the floppies?
Can anyone please explain how they are used?
I believe the boot.img is the boot floppy image used on the CDs and can
also be dumped to a 3.5 floppy to make a bootable floppy. The other
files can be grabbed by jigdo to make a CD.
-Roberto
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Roberto C. Sanchez
http://familiasanchez.net/~sanchezr
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