Re: which DVD to download?

2011-02-03 Thread Camaleón
On Thu, 03 Feb 2011 00:34:22 +, Brian wrote: > On Wed 02 Feb 2011 at 22:36:37 +, Brian wrote: > >> On Wed 02 Feb 2011 at 19:44:01 +, Camaleón wrote: >> >> > Why LiveCD for installing? Any advantage over the standard install >> > first CD image? >> >> Without knowing what is on the f

Re: which DVD to download?

2011-02-02 Thread Brian
On Wed 02 Feb 2011 at 22:36:37 +, Brian wrote: > On Wed 02 Feb 2011 at 19:44:01 +, Camaleón wrote: > > > Why LiveCD for installing? Any advantage over the standard install first > > CD image? > > Without knowing what is on the first CD my answer is bound to be > incomplete (any pointers

Re: which DVD to download?

2011-02-02 Thread Brian
On Wed 02 Feb 2011 at 19:44:01 +, Camaleón wrote: > Why LiveCD for installing? Any advantage over the standard install first > CD image? Without knowing what is on the first CD my answer is bound to be incomplete (any pointers to its contents?), but there are Live CDs specific to installing

Re: which DVD to download?

2011-02-02 Thread Camaleón
On Wed, 02 Feb 2011 19:05:24 +, Brian wrote: > On Wed 02 Feb 2011 at 16:03:44 +, Camaleón wrote: > >> Agree. With no Internet connection I would go for the first CD or >> better yet, the first DVD. >> >> Last time I used "netinst" image fitted in a mini-CD (~210 MiB) which >> allowed me

Re: which DVD to download?

2011-02-02 Thread Brian
On Wed 02 Feb 2011 at 16:03:44 +, Camaleón wrote: > Agree. With no Internet connection I would go for the first CD or better > yet, the first DVD. > > Last time I used "netinst" image fitted in a mini-CD (~210 MiB) which > allowed me to install a bare system but not a full desktop metapack

Re: which DVD to download?

2011-02-02 Thread Camaleón
On Tue, 01 Feb 2011 14:16:24 -0600, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: (...) > I only recommend the netinst to users that are likely to have Internet > while d-i is running. That's most users now since many types of > connections are supported from within d-i. But, the OP specifically > mentioned th

Re: which DVD to download?

2011-02-01 Thread Brian
On Tue 01 Feb 2011 at 14:16:24 -0600, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: > I question this advice. Last I checked, the netinst installer pulled > all packages from the network and basically just contains d-i and > configuration files. Are you confusing netinsi.iso with the netboot mini.iso, which d

Re: which DVD to download?

2011-02-01 Thread Sven Joachim
On 2011-02-01 21:16 +0100, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: > In <20110201181038.GJ32679@desktop>, Brian wrote: >>On Tue 01 Feb 2011 at 08:22:36 -0500, Zachary Uram wrote: >>> I want to install onto my laptop which has no network connectivity > yet >>> at home. Wanted to install basic system and the

Re: which DVD to download?

2011-02-01 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
In <20110201181038.GJ32679@desktop>, Brian wrote: >On Tue 01 Feb 2011 at 08:22:36 -0500, Zachary Uram wrote: >> I want to install onto my laptop which has no network connectivity yet >> at home. Wanted to install basic system and then download the rest at >> a net cafe. >> >> Which DVD(s) are suf

Re: which DVD to download?

2011-02-01 Thread Brian
On Tue 01 Feb 2011 at 08:22:36 -0500, Zachary Uram wrote: > I want to install onto my laptop which has no network connectivity yet > at home. Wanted to install basic system and then download the rest at > a net cafe. > > Which DVD(s) are sufficient? > > http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/weekly-b

Re: which DVD to download?

2011-02-01 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
In , Zachary Uram wrote: >I want to install onto my laptop which has no network connectivity yet >at home. Wanted to install basic system and then download the rest at >a net cafe. > >Which DVD(s) are sufficient? Just the first should be fine. It is possible it might not contain exactly what yo

which DVD to download?

2011-02-01 Thread Zachary Uram
I want to install onto my laptop which has no network connectivity yet at home. Wanted to install basic system and then download the rest at a net cafe. Which DVD(s) are sufficient? http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/weekly-builds/i386/iso-dvd/ Zach -- <>< http://www.fidei.org ><> -- To UNSU