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Old 04-14-2003, 11:21 PM   #1
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Debian, What CDS to download?


Which ISOS should i download so i can install Debian?
 
Old 04-15-2003, 03:30 AM   #2
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Anyone? I hope i don't have to download them all
 
Old 04-15-2003, 06:16 AM   #3
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If you have a decent connection then just CD1 will do, and you can download the rest

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Old 04-15-2003, 06:24 AM   #4
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I would like to have em all on CD for later use, so what CDS should i download?
 
Old 04-15-2003, 07:16 AM   #5
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If you want to a full set available then download iso's 1-3. That should do the trick.
 
Old 04-15-2003, 07:21 AM   #6
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Well, 1-3 are the boots...

http://linuxiso.org/distro.php?distro=4

I plan to download through there...

So what boot? Then probably disk 6+7?
 
Old 04-15-2003, 07:28 AM   #7
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Debian does it a little different. While yes those are boot discs they also contain applications. I have a low-speed connection at home, but high-speed and a burner at work. I downloaded those three cd's and it was plenty for installing a system. If you want everything then you'll want all of the cd's. To be honest, your better off install a small base system and then use apt-get to grab the other things you want. That way you will be able to get newer versions than what is on the disc.
 
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So download:

Debian GNU/Linux - Disk 1 Generic boot (US)
Debian GNU/Linux - Disk 2 'vanilla' boot
Debian GNU/Linux - Disk 3 'compact' boot

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This is from the Debian website.
located here: http://www.debian.org/CD/faq/#which-cd

Which of the numerous CD images should I download? Do I need all of them?

No, you only need the CD images for your computer's architecture. The architecture is the type of hardware your computer uses. By far the most popular one is the Intel architecture, so most people will only want to get the images for "i386".

Furthermore, in most cases it is not necessary to download all of the images for your architecture. The packages on the CDs are sorted by popularity: CD 1 contains the installation system and the most popular packages. CD 2 contains slightly less popular ones, CD 3 even less popular ones, etc. You will probably not need CD 3 and higher unless you have very special requirements. (And in case you happen to need a package later on which is not on one of the CDs you downloaded, you can always install that package directly from the Internet.)

Finally, for each architecture there are two versions of the first CD, the normal and the non-US version. You only need one of these! See below for details.
 
Old 04-15-2003, 08:34 AM   #10
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So:

Debian GNU/Linux - Disk 1 Generic boot (US)
Debian GNU/Linux - Disk 2 'vanilla' boot

? Sorry if i don't understand right now, it's 5AM and been up since yesterday, so a little spaced..

Downloading KNOPPIX now to try it out, i'll download debian too once i know what cds to download

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Old 04-15-2003, 06:39 PM   #11
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I think you should get the iso's for the first three cd's. That seemed to do the trick for me when I started with Debian. The first will probably have most of what you want, but just in case you might as well get the third.
 
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ok, the cds your looking at are just boot cds. If you want all the cds for use in the future, you need to do it a lot diffrently. Debian has moved over to the jigdo system. Its a great concept, you build your own iso with current packages, so that way its current as of the day you download it.

Download a package containing jigdo-lite, which is available for GNU/Linux, Windows and Solaris from the jigdo homepage. http://home.in.tum.de/~atterer/jigdo/

Run the jigdo-lite script. It will ask for the URL of a ".jigdo" file to process. (You can also supply that URL on the command line if you like.)

From the location listed below, pick the ".jigdo" files you want to download, and enter their URLs at the jigdo-lite prompt. Each ".jigdo" file corresponds to one ".iso" CD/DVD image.
If you are a first-time user, just press Return at the "Files to scan" prompt.
http://us.cdimage.debian.org/jigdo-area/3.0_r1/jigdo/

At the prompt "Debian mirror", enter http://ftp.XY.debian.org/debian/, where XY is the two-letter code for your country (for example, us, de, uk. See the current list of available ftp.XY.debian.org locations.)

At the prompt "Debian non-US mirror" (if it is shown at all), enter http://ftp.XX.debian.org/debian-non-US/, again substituting the right code for XX.

Follow the instructions printed by the script. If all goes well, the script finishes by calculating a checksum of the generated image and telling you that the checksum matches that of the original image.
 
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Old 04-17-2003, 12:10 PM   #13
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tech1 you arent really this retarded are you? lol http://www.debian.org/CD/faq/#which-cd that link tells exactly the differences and such
 
Old 04-17-2003, 12:29 PM   #14
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Yes, i read that, but not sure if i should download the boot's or the two extra cds at the end..
 
Old 08-14-2003, 03:27 PM   #15
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If you have a nifty connection I say download them all. If not, just the first three. They will install most of what you need. But really... if you're this concerned... just download all 7 and be a happy Slacker. Err.... Debianer. Hm.



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