On Sat 28 Jul 2018 at 19:44:26 +0200, Holger Wansing wrote: > > Robert Cymbala <rcymb...@yahoo.com> wrote: > > QUESTION: > > I burned the first fifteen (15) CD's and GNU/Emacs, which I want to > > install, > > is not on them. How do I find out which CDs I need to burn? (There are > > 37 > > more in cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/6.0.0/i386/iso-cd/ and I used to > > burn > > all the CDs for a release but am too lazy to burn all 52 discs this > > time, > > I only burnt the first 15.) > > Time has changed, we don't provide that big sets of CD images anymore. > So the above question is no longer that important. > > However, I would like to add something like the following to chapter 4.1 > (https://d-i.debian.org/manual/en.amd64/ch04s01.html): > > diff --git a/en/install-methods/official-cdrom.xml > b/en/install-methods/official-cdrom.xml > index 512011690..f1f12554d 100644 > --- a/en/install-methods/official-cdrom.xml > +++ b/en/install-methods/official-cdrom.xml > @@ -30,6 +30,12 @@ the installation to download the remaining files or > additional CDs. > > </para><para> > > +Also, keep in mind: if the CD(s) you are using doesn't contain some packages > +you need, you can always install that packages afterwards from your running > +new Debian system (after the installation has finished). > + > +</para><para> > + > If your machine doesn't support CD booting<phrase arch="x86"> (only relevant > on very old PC systems)</phrase>, but you do have a CD set, > you can use an alternative strategy such as
English (partly), I'm afraid: CD(s) ---> DVD/CDs (brackets not needed) doesn't ---> don't that packages ---> a package (after the installation has finished) is probably superfluous. Keep up the good work. Brian.
