On Wed, Oct 18, 2006 at 07:00:45PM -0500, Russell L. Harris wrote: > John Hasler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Mikef writes: > >> If you could download just one CD that you can use together with an > >> internet install I think this would be the way to go if you have a > >> broadband link. > > > > The netinst CD is exactly that. > > If you have ANY Debian CD, you don't need to download the netinst CD > (unless you wish to try out the latest version of the installer). > > Note that a network installation can be initiated using the first CD of > the 15-CD set. All that is necessary is to specify the package source > to be HTTP rather than CD-ROM; this is done in the normal course of > events, after the installation CD has booted. > > RLH
For a sarge install I would download the first CD and use both CD and ftp/http as source. This way, if you have the package on the CD it gets installed much faster (no need to download again). BTW, as writen in the faq (www.debian.org/CD/faq), you only need CD1 and 2 unless you have special needs. Regards, Andrei -- If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough. (Albert Einstein) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
