Debian 7 cd's and Debian 3 cd's

The Pentium Guy · 10-04-2004, 05:25 PM

I just downloaded all 7 CDs, but I heard the installer only requires 3?
I'm using the rc3 build

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I'm just wondering (before I install it) whether it will promt me to install with 7 or 3 cd's?

If not - how do I install it with all 7 cd's?

-The Pentium Guy

asb · 10-04-2004, 05:32 PM

that depends on which programs you select to install. Really, with a good internet connection, alls you really need is one, then you can apt-get all the software you want to have. Otherwise, I believe I read somewhere that the more popular programs are on the first CDs, so you should be fine with the first three.

The Pentium Guy · 10-04-2004, 05:34 PM

DOH! :-P. I downloaded and burnt them all anways hehe.
I'll select all the programs (even thought I wont be needing half of them) - I have 40 gb

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However after doing that, apt-get dist-upgrade will take forever!

-The Pentium Guy

DJ Tribal · 10-04-2004, 06:11 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by The Pentium Guy
DOH! :-P. I downloaded and burnt them all anways hehe.
I'll select all the programs (even thought I wont be needing half of them) - I have 40 gb .

However after doing that, apt-get dist-upgrade will take forever!

-The Pentium Guy

You'll get conflicts with loads of things - different programs will have been designed for different versions of compilers, kernels, etc - so I can bet my last 2p you won't install them all :-P

macondo · 10-04-2004, 07:58 PM

How about one cd?

//www.debian.org/devel/debian-installer/[/url]
choose i386

The Pentium Guy · 10-04-2004, 08:09 PM

DOH! What you guys say might be right..

I'll try not to install *EVERYTHING *

, just major stuff I might need